[Trombone-l] Berlioz, Beethoven

[Ray Horton]

Howard Weiner wrote:
> At 13:09 04.01.2008 +0100, Dick Sleeman wrote:
>
>   
>> I had my information from Robin Gregory, "The trombone, the 
>> instrument & its music" Londen, 1973. (Faber and Faber), p. 174.
>>     
>
> Gregory's book is full of misinformation and is less than useless. If 
> you want a good book about the trombone, get Trevor Herbert's "The 
> Trombone" (Yale University Press, 2006)
>
> Howard
>
>
> --
> Howard Weiner
> h.weiner at online.de
> http://howard-weiner.de/
>
>   
Howard, you are my hero!


Even when the book backs you up, you can still trash it!     "Never give 
up, never surrender!" (_Galaxy Quest_)


I would have wimped out and said "Even though Gregory is correct in this 
case ..."


Seriously, thanks again for sharing your tremendously helpful 
scholarship with us.


Raymond Horton
Bass Trombonist
Louisville Orchestra