A MON AMI: DEDICATED WORKS FOR TROMBONE AND PIANO SINCE 1915 THAT BECAME STANDARD LITERATURE.

Abstract

Dedications, and furthermore commissions, have played a vital role in expanding the repertoire for so many instruments but especially for the trombone. From the last over one hundred years we look at five dedicated works for trombone and piano since 1915 that became standard literature. Works include Cavatine for Trombone and Piano by Camille Saint-Saëns (Dedicated to George W. Stewart), Romance for Trombone and Piano by Axel Jørgensen (Dedicated to Anton Hansen), Sonata (Vox Gabrieli) for Trombone and Piano by Stepjan Šulek (Dedicated to William F. Cramer), Sonata for Trombone and Piano by Eric Ewazen (Dedicated to Michael Powell), and Red Dragonfly Sonata for Trombone and Piano by Amy Riebs Mills (Dedicated to Megumi Kanda.) With research on each work, dedicatee, and composer with interviews with Ronald Barron, Per Brevig, Eric Ewazen, and Megumi Kanda.