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Trombone Blues
General Info
Year: 1918
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $4.00
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Condensed Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
E-flat Cornet
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In 1918 the distinguished bandmaster and composer Fred A. Jewell (1875-1936) retired from touring with various circuses to become band director for the community of Fairfield, Iowa. That same year he published one of his best and most famous compositions, Trombone Blues. A circus standard for many years, it usually accompanied the antics of clowns, especially the "walk-around," although also used for escape artists. The piece is musically described as a "trombone smear," a mix of ragtime and march modes, although most smears are not in a fast tempo like this one.
- Program Note from Circus Songs: An Annotated Anthology
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: The Great American Main Street Band
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Andrew Glover Circus Band (St. Louis, Mo.) (Andrew Glover, conductor) – 16 June 2017 (2017 Circus Fans of America Convention)
- Old Towne Band (Rockford,Ill.) (Mark Rose, conductor) – Spring 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- E Pluribus Unum (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1917/2011)
All Wind Works
- Airy Fairy
- American Leader, The
- Banner Bearer, The
- Battle Royal
- Booster Boys
- Boy Scouts, The
- Carnival Queen, The
- Cavaletta
- Coast Defenders, The
- Collegian
- Counterpoint
- Crawley's
- Crimson Petal, The (1901)
- The Denver Post March (1905)
- Director General, The
- E Pluribus Unum (1917)
- E Pluribus Unum (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1917/2011)
- Easy Walker
- El Campo
- Explorer
- Floto's Triumph
- Fritz, The
- Galop - Go! (1915)
- Gentry's Triumphal (1900)
- Guy, The
- Hail to Old Glory
- High and Mighty (arr. Glover) (1917/2005)
- Huston, The
- In the Lead
- Intercolonial
- Jolly Rover, A
- Kick Off, The
- La Linea
- Last Call, The
- Lawsy Massy
- Little Traveler
- Magnet
- March to Mecca
- Murat Temple Band March (1925)
- Myrtle
- New Arrival, The
- Officer of the Guard
- Old Circus Band March, The (1922)
- Old Home Guards
- On the Firing Line
- Our Mascot
- Our Special
- The Outlook (1913)
- Pass It Along
- Path of Honor
- Progressive American, The
- Quality Plus (1913)
- Quality Plus (arr. Longfield) (1913/1994)
- Radio Waves (arr. Rhea) (1922/2003)
- Request, The
- Revelry
- Rosemary
- Roses of Memory
- Scoutmaster
- The Screamer (arr. Kopetz) (1906/2006)
- Shrine of Liberty (1922)
- Skidoo
- Some Band Rag
- Spick and Span
- Supreme Triumph (1920)
- Supreme Triumph (arr. Rhea) (1920/)
- Tecumseh
- They're Off! (arr. Glover) (1918/2009)
- Tramp - March
- Trombone Blues (1918)
- Undertow, The
- Whirlwind (Jewell)
- Young Love
- Yours Truly (1908)
Resources
- Jewell, F. (1915). Trombone Blues [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
- Studwell, W., et al. (1999). "Circus Songs: An Annotated Anthology." New York: The Haworth Press, pp. 32.