Why Everyone Stopped Playing Lassus Trombone

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Why Everyone Stopped Playing Lassus Trombone

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CORRECTIONS:
Most of the knowledge revealed in this video was uncovered by Douglas Yeo
Douglas's name is pronounced "yo" not "yao"
Caricature is pronounced "KAR-ah-kuh-sure"
Liza is pronounced "Lie-zuh"
Gordon Cherry removed the publications after not before Douglas's first article
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In the summer of 2020, the international trombone community was shocked to learn a dark truth about one of the most famous compositions ever written featuring the trombone. Thanks to the research of renowned trombone scholar, Douglas Yeo, he unveiled why we all should lay to rest what was for generations the pinnacle of trombone music, Lassus Trombone.
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Trombone players: It’s time to bury Henry Fillmore’s “Lassus Trombone.”
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Works in the Public Domain:
Nathaniel Davis's Trombone Family for Concert Band:
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Mayhew L. Lake's Sidius Trombonus for Trombone & Piano
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Aaron Hettinga's trombone & piano arrangements of Nathaniel Davis's "Trombone Family": aaronhettinga....
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Music: No. 8 Requiem by Esther Abrami
This song is no-copyright and can be used without permission or attribution
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Timecodes
Part 1: Where it All Began 1:43
Part 2: What Went Wrong 3:06
Part 3: Henry Fillmore's "The Trombone Family 4:13
Part 4: The Advertising Campaign 5:27
Part 5: Doug Yeo's Call to Action 6:05
Part 6: Nathaniel Cleophas "Shorty" Davis 6:57
Part 7: The Music of Nathaniel Davis 9:04
Part 8: The Aftermath of Doug's First Article 10:46
Part 9: Doug's Final Article on the Matter 11:17
Part 10: The State of Fillmore's "Trombone Family" Today 12:29
Epilogue: A Theory on Why Fillmore Named it "Lassus Trombone" 13:18
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@boundalive7872 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my, how cruel. I had no idea that a song that I enjoyed playing in band was this dark. The video was well produced by the way.

@TheTromboneChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and good that you know now!

@diss2473 2 жыл бұрын

huh. my band directer JUST had us learn this piece like 3 weeks ago, its the first time ive heard it and i love it. shame that it has this kind of history

@MegaAseb 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see the vid un-unlisted

@JonathanRandazzo 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Very thorough and well made. You covered all the various aspects, especially for people who weren’t aware of it.

@vincentmiller8099 Жыл бұрын

Had no clue how dark this song was. My band director is having us play this right know and it’s my favorite song. Sad to know the history of though.

@theycallmepooki Жыл бұрын

Bro my band director gave us this as our trombone ensemble last year

@firefox7790 Жыл бұрын

I'm playing this song in band right now and I had no clue about this. The song is so fun to play too. Sucks how the best song I've played in band has this dark of a backstory

@bassclarineric6173 Жыл бұрын

I just downloaded the picc part not too long ago just for fun, I had no idea it had such a dark and awful history

@ay5x 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, I was wondering why Lassus trombone was being hated on. But this video answered all my questions!

@oscar.lavender 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, i didn't know about that at all! And i guess i still don't know really know what's all this about(i started play trombone last year so i need to catch about the history and thinks like that). Thanks for the video, it is very important!

@hippolytabaker9559 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video.

@TheTromboneChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@captainfloofy 19 күн бұрын

Wow, I never knew this. I had a great time playing this song in high school band on the trombone and my amazing trombone teacher even printed the whole Trombone family series sheet music for me. I had no idea that it had anything to do with minstrel shows and that Fillmore was so prominent in writing racist music. Now I can see why it's no longer ethical to publicly play anything from the series.

@jeffpark6638 2 жыл бұрын

A great video of what we really need to know. As artists, we must know this for peace and equality. From Korea.

@riflebone 2 жыл бұрын

I, like a lot of people, grew up playing this music. It got pulled out every summer for at least one concert in the park during my youth, and Ive played it in professional settings on many occasions. We can't forget the history of this music, for it is important to remember, but it is time for performers and music groups to refuse to play it. Thanks for this video.

@zemry 2 жыл бұрын

Very well produced video! As an African-American trombonist who can trace his ancestry to slavery, I found this series of musical pieces (if you can call them that) to be highly offensive, repulsive and racist.

@adamhawkins3000 2 жыл бұрын

As a trombone player, I’ve always despised Lassus Trombone because it sucks. Now I have even better reason to never play it again.

@dennisclason3376 14 күн бұрын

Trombone smears aren't a particularly strong musical genre, but even among trombone smears 'lassus is weak. I stopped playing 'lassus 20 years ago because I did know the history. Unlike Doug Yeo, I didn't address the racism directly: I just quietly arranged my schedule so that I was unavailable for concerts where it was programmed, and declined calls for pickup ensembles if it was programmed. I did play Hallelujah Trombone about 5 years ago. I had some misgivings about that, but in the end decided to play because it was being performed under the title Hallelujah Trombone (rather than Fillmore's published title of Shoutin' Liza Trombone).

@danielnewman134 Жыл бұрын

As a trombonist, I always hated Lassus Trombones. It was a lousy piece to play. It made the trombonists look untalented and clumsy. After seeing the video, I have a new major reason to hate this song and songs like it. Bury it permanently. It sucks.

@MDeadcloud Жыл бұрын

While I might still learn the pieces just for the sake of having glissando jazz pieces to practice with, with this information, I’m definitely not going to perform any of those pieces, and I’m sure as hell not gonna buy any of it