[Trombone-l] C-M: Fillmore Trombone Smears

[Jason Smith]

I have a book containing 15 of the trombone family arr
for solo and piano acc.  I cannot speak as to wether
this book is out of print (I bought mine 14 years ago)
or as to whether they are in print with band acc.


--- John Howell <John.Howell at vt.edu> wrote:

> >Jason Smith posted:
> >
> >The "Trombone Family" was composed and published
> over
> >a period of 21 years; after the completion of the
> last
> >"member," Fillmore published the set as "The
> Trombone
> >Family - A collection of 15 Original and Humorous
> >Trombone Novelties."  This is the lineup of all of
> the
> >solos with Fillmore's subtitles:
> 
> Many thanks for the details, Jason.  A couple of
> questions, and then 
> a commentary (that will probably be longer than it
> deserves!).
> 
> Question 1:  Are all these smears actually available
> somewhere today? 
> The ones down through "Bones Trombone" are now
> public domain in the 
> U.S., while the others may or may not be in
> copyright, depending on 
> whether (a) they originally claimed a valid
> copyright (and I can't 
> imagine that they didn't), and (b) whether they were
> properly renewed 
> in the 28th year of that copyright.  (And of course
> any band director 
> who can't deal with Db piccolo and Eb horn parts
> these days shouldn't 
> be on the podium!!)
> 
> Question 2:  Are they all as delightful as the
> "Lassus" we are all so 
> fondly familiar with?  Should we be programming a
> new one every year 
> for the next 14 years?
> 
> Question 3 (OK, I lied!):  Someone opined that
> "Lassus" was dialect 
> for "(Mo)lasses."  Is that actually true, or a
> guess?  I have always 
> assumed that it was dialect for "Lazarus," the kind
> of 
> biblical/classical name that plantation owners would
> actually have 
> hung on their slaves, at least the house slaves.
> 
> [Long digression snipped by CM admin]
> 
> John
> 
> 
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Jason Smith

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