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Example sentences for "trombones"

Lexicographically close words:
trolls; trolly; trom; tromba; trombone; trompe; tromped; tromper; tromple; trone
  1. Instead of entering upon the scene as intruders, the mighty trombones would only serve to swell and enrich the ponderous chord which opens this noble chorus.

  2. The violas were divided into alto, tenor and bass, as the trombones are now.

  3. Jahr zu Ende" in the following form, the voice parts being doubled by strings, cornet, two oboes, three trombones and organ.

  4. In the case of the trombones an exceedingly venerable means of accomplishing the same end is applied.

  5. Mendelssohn is quoted as saying that the trombones (Plate X.

  6. All the other parts are to be read as printed, proper attention being given to the alto and tenor clefs used in the parts of the trombones and violas.

  7. Full four-part harmony is now performed by the three trombones and the tuba (Plate XI.

  8. As a rule, there are three trombones in the modern orchestra--two tenors and a bass.

  9. The soft muted tones of the basset-horn and bassoons are made clearer and purer by the addition of a flute, while the full chords of horns and trombones and the stringed instruments bind these elements into unity.

  10. In "Idomeneo" the Oracle is accompanied only by trombones and horns.

  11. It is worthy of note that henceforward the trombones are much more frequently employed than heretofore.

  12. Trombones are never used, and trumpets and drums only in the overture the march with a chorus (Act III.

  13. Without having recourse to any new devices--trombones are omitted here that the shrill effect may not be impaired--an altered tone-colouring transports the hearer to an altogether new region of ideas.

  14. Trombones and horns give an imposing tone, lightened by trumpets, flutes and oboes, instead of basset-horns, while the prevailing low position of the stringed instruments supplies force and gravity to the movement.

  15. Gugler seeks to prove that the trombones were added later by Suessmayer (Leipzig, A.

  16. Herr von Lastrow to the balcony, where the musicians sat, who lifted their trombones and trumpets and put them to their lips.

  17. The stringed instruments were strengthened as far as possible and treated so as to counteract the disadvantage they were at in contrast with the chorus, trombones and organ.

  18. Trombones are seldom used independently by Mozart, and then in the simplest manner.

  19. Soon horns were employed, and drums and trumpets when special splendour was required; trombones were used in the churches, never in the opera.

  20. Following ancient tradition they sounded in the tutti in unison with the three lower voices of the chorus; the trombones were generally left unindicated in the score, and only the places marked where they were to be silent.

  21. In the latter case I think that horns, clarinets, oboes, and bassoons cannot be dispensed with, and that probably trombones would also make a good effect in the Kyrie and Credo.

  22. Trombones often played with the three lower voices, a practice of high antiquity surviving from a time when there were soprano trombones or cornetti (Zincken, a sort of treble serpent) to play with the sopranos.

  23. Thirteen years later Mozart's trombones in "Don Giovanni" were considered a novelty at the Italian Opera of Vienna.

  24. The reference to the trombones in the finale of the symphony proves that it was the fifth that was in question.

  25. I was too young at the time to observe the artistic interest of the incident; but probably the trombones were an afterthought, as Beethoven might as easily have had the ~uncopied parts as the copied~.

  26. A letter by Beethoven to Baron von Braun refers to the incidents just described and asks permission to get from the theatre orchestral parts, as follows: ~Flauto primo~, the three trombones and the four horn parts of my opera.

  27. I showed him the printed score, and he then asked me to add the trombones to the march, so that, if possible, they might be used at the next rehearsal.

  28. At the rehearsal my wife alone missed the trumpets and trombones that gave such brightness and freshness to Rienzi.

  29. Such is the employment of the trombones (usually only a support to the voices), with independent effect in several parts of the Kyrie and Sanctus.

  30. Its influence is apparent in many details, such as the harmonic treatment of the oracle, and the use of sustained chords for the horns and trombones in the accompaniment to the appeal of the High Priest.

  31. The trombones are no longer with the voices, and where they support them they do it in an independent manner, generally by sustained chords.

  32. Apropos--a passage, where the basses and the trombones give the theme of the Allegro, a passage that is found several times in the parts is cut out in the printed score.

  33. The trombones and basses take up the second part of the motive of the Adagio (B major).

  34. Almost up to the end of the last century trombones were intimately connected with the church service; and if we look back to Zoroaster we find the sacerdotal character of this species of instrument very plainly indicated.

  35. In the beginning of this overture we hear the opening call played by the trombones with the string section accompanying this principal motive with wild crescendo.

  36. The trombones produced a series of most melancholy sounds.

  37. There were no instruments, and to his Majesty he explained that he must have a big drum, several little ones, large and small flutes, violins and violoncellos, trombones and cymbals.

  38. The works are full of the gnawing of bassoons and the bleakness of the English horn, full of shattering trombones and screaming violins, full of the sinister rolling of drums, the menacing reverberation of cymbals, the icy glittering of harps.

  39. The present trombones are the alto in E flat descending to A in the seventh position; the tenor in B flat descending to E; the bass in F descending to B, and a higher bass in G descending to C sharp.

  40. Valve trombones do not, however, find favor, the defects of intonation being more prominent than in shorter instruments.

  41. During Gurnemanz's blessing of Parsifal, horns, trumpets and trombones play the Parsifal motive.

  42. After a series of broken chords, the trombones and trumpets announce a second theme, the Grail motive, which is a phrase long known as the Dresden Amen of the Saxon liturgy.

  43. The cornet used in a rich orchestral harmony is of value for completing the chords of trumpets, or to undertake diatonic and chromatic passages which on account of their rapidity cannot easily be fingered by trombones or horns.

  44. In Germany in the 17th and 18th centuries, Zincken were used with trombones in the churches to accompany the chorales.

  45. At the latter's request the master composed three equali for trombones for All Souls' Day, then near at hand.


  46. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "trombones" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.