Marsteller - Six Etudes for Trombone Horn and Piano Simone Mantia's "Trombone Virtuoso" was

Simone Mantia's "Trombone Virtuoso" was one of the most important method books for the instrument in the mid 20th Century

Ralph Sauer has once again done an extraordinary job of finding great music for our instrument and transcribing it in the most beautiful way possible

there follows three unrelated Vignettes separated by variations on the original Theme

About two and a half minutes in length

Ward is a patriotic song that was first published in 1910

Marsteller - Six Etudes for Trombone Horn and Piano Simone Mantia's "Trombone Virtuoso" wasRobert Marsteller had an illustrious career as a performing artist and a pedagogue, influencing hundreds of musicians in a major way. His Six Etudes for Trombone most likely were written while studying at the Eastman School of Music in the late 1930's and are dedicated to his teacher Emory Remington. The etudes are one page each, very challenging technically, cover the four major clefs, explore the extremes in range and are very satisfying musically