Music published in Venice, Italy in the first half of the seventeenth century includes a substantial amount specifying the trombone. The stylistic elements of this repertoire require decisions regarding general pitch, temperament, and performing forces. Within the realm of performing forces lie questions about specific instrument pitch and compositional key centers. Limiting this study to repertoire performed and published in approximately the first half of the seventeenth century allows a focus on specific performance practice decisions that underline the expressive elements of the repertoire. Using the trombone in A allows the performer several advantages over using the trombone in B-flat. Matching the instrument to the music is more than good decorum, it yields a more effective performance of the rhetorical and expressive elements imbedded in the music, satisfying the goal of music in this early seventeenth-century “modern” style.

Dario Castello's Sonate concertate in stil moderno is a collection of 29 trio sonatas in two volumes, with 10 of them employing the sackbut. These works represent a significant repertoire for the sackbut in an era where specific instrumentation was only starting to become a convention. While these pieces are often studied, performed and recorded in Europe, most American trombonists are not aware of their existence. This study seeks to acquaint the American trombonist with the sonatas of Castello and to provide performance suggestions for those less familiar with this genre. Chapter 1 presents a survey of the current literature on Castello. Chapter 2 provides an historical background for music in Venice in the early 17th century, while Chpater 3 focuses on the composer and his music for sackbut. Chapter 4 investigages the sonata in early 17th century Venice. Chapter 5 provides an insight into early baroque performance practice by discussing principles such as affect, tempo, ornamentation, diminution and articulation. Examples from the ten sonatas are used to illustrate these principles, providing the modern trombonist with a framework in which to study Castello's music. The final chapter discusses the implications of this study on the American trombone curriculum.

Orientador: Helena Jank / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T11:47:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santos_RodrigoAlexandreSoares_M.pdf: 2749506 bytes, checksum: 2d20dbe219f46ef6553e7193c4858c1c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Esta dissertação é o resultado de dois anos de experimentações com sacabuxa. O objetivo deste trabalho é de compartilhar informações sobre a história e principalmente sobre a prática do sacabuxa e do trombone. As informações históricas foram extraídas de fontes bibliográficas atuais sobre a história do trombone e de documentos de época, como os tratados escritos por Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621), Marin Mersenne (1588 - 1648) e Daniel Speer (1636-1707). A pesquisa histórica permite visualizar o desenvolvimento da construção dos instrumentos de metal desde o trompete reto romano até o sacabuxa. A comparação entre o sacabuxa e o trombone abrange aspectos da construção, tais como a campana e barras transversais de estabilização, facilitando também a compreensão de aspectos da performance. O trabalho se encerra com um relato do autor sobre a sua experiência com uma réplica de sacabuxa e com uma análise das manifestações de profissionais que atuam igualmente na prática do sacabuxa e do trombone, em resposta a um questionário elaborado para fornecer subsídios à pesquisa em questão. / Abstract: This dissertation is the result of two years of experiments with sackbut. The goal is to share information on the history and especially about the practice of the sackbut and the trombone. The historical information was extracted from current literature sources on the history of the trombone and documents of the time, such as the treatises written by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), Marin Mersenne (1588 - 1648) and Daniel Speer (1636-1707). This research allows the reader to view historical development of the construction of brass instruments from the straight Roman trumpet to the sackbut. The comparison between the sackbut and the trombone covers aspects of construction such as bell and the stays, also facilitating the understanding of aspects of performance. The work concludes with an account of the author about his personal experience with a replica of the sackbut and an analysis of opinions of professionals that perform both on the sackbut and trombone in response to a prepared questionnaire to provide data and subsidies to this overall research. / Mestrado / Musica / Mestre em Música