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

[Raymond Horton]

Scrhee---ccchhh

(Sound of a can of worms being opened.)

RBH


Jason Smith wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> John & Susie Howell
>> Virginia Tech Department of Music
>> Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A 24061-0240
>> Vox (540) 231-8411  Fax (540) 231-5034
>> (mailto:John.Howell at vt.edu)
>> http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html
>>
>>