These "Smears" were very popular and "cool" to perform when they were composed over a century ago
The Studies are geared towards the advanced level performer
This book of over 120 pages is suitable for performers from beginner right up to advanced
The work was composed and first performed in 1835 by German composer and soloist
Arioso for Trombone and Organ by Bengt Wilhelm Hallberg has been beautifully edited by Niels-Ole Bo Johansen as part of his Danish Trombone Heritage Series
Nielsen - Nearer, My God, to Thee for 10-part Brass Ensemble, Organ, Timpani & Percussion comedy These "Smears" were very popularNearer, My God, to Thee, a paraphrase of the Hymn by Carl Nielsen arranged for 10 part Brass Ensemble, Organ, Timpani and Percussion by Niels Ole Bo Johansen. The Titanic disaster in 1912 shook the whole world and soon after, a Danish committee decided to produce a charity concert for the Danish victims of the catastrophe. Supposedly, the Hymn Bethany by Lowell Mason (1792 1872) better known as Nearer, My God, to Thee with text by Sarah F. Adams (1805