Gesualdo - Three Motets for five Trombones Saint Saens The King's Trio (for Trombone

The King's Trio (for Trombone Quartet) is a feature for the Bass Trombone

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but all six Trombonists

this work is considered by some to be a turning point of musical history as an "awakening of modern music" as it "stretches the limits of tonality"

I like the simplicity of this melody

Gesualdo - Three Motets for five Trombones Saint Saens The King's Trio (for TromboneCarlo Gesualdo, who lived in the late Renaissance period is compared to Richard Wagner because of his shifting harmonies. His music was considered "progressive" and even today we are taken aback by the violent shifts in tonality. An additional bit of information about the composer is that he murdered his wife and her lover after discovering them together. The Three Motets for Five Trombones come from a series of sacred works from 1603 titled, Sacrarum