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The Trombone is first mentioned as an instrument in records in the 1450s. (Was called the Sackbut in records)
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The Trombone is first prominently used in the Orchestra in the 18th century.
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Beethoven uses the Trombone in Symhony no. 5.
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Glenn Miller, the famous trombonist, is born in Clarinda, Iowa.
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Trombones become a popular Jazz insturment, greatly boosting the trombones popularity.
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Glenn Miller releases the famous song Pennsylvania 6-5000 which has become a jazz standard.
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Chattanooga Choo Choo is released and becomes the number one song in the United States
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Glenn Miller is missing in action during WWII
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Joseph Alessi is born in Detroit Michigan
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Joseph Alessi joing the New York Philharmonic as a soloist on the piece Fantasy for Trombone.
