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Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was an German composer of the Romantic period.

Schumann completed Symphony No. 1 in 1841.

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was an German composer of the Romantic period.

Schumann completed Symphony No. 4 in 1841.

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) was a German composer of the Romantic period.

The Oratorio ‘Elijah’ by Mendelssohn was completed in 1847.

Richard Strauss (1864-1949), was a German composer of the Late Romantic era.

Strauss completed Don Juan in 1889.

Richard Strauss (1864-1949), was a German composer of the Late Romantic era.

Strauss completed Death and Transfiguration in 1889.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), was a German composer of the Romantic era who used trombones sparingly but strategically.

Brahms’s Tragic Overture in D minor (1880) is scored for a large orchestra including three trombones and tuba, it uses the low brass sparingly but effectively with a chorale-like permutation of the main idea.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), was a German composer of the Romantic era who used trombones sparingly but strategically.

Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, was completed in 1883. Scored for three trombones, they are used only in the outer movements (tacet in the third), adding weight and warmth to the symphony’s climaxes and low sonorities.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), was a German composer of the Romantic era who used trombones sparingly but strategically.

Brahms completed Symphony No. 2 in 1877. Brahms uses the trombone section with great care in this symphony in both quiet passages and in the dramatic final moments, where the trombones have a magnificent exposed D major chord all to themselves in the final five measures.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), was a German composer of the Romantic era who used trombones sparingly but strategically.

Brahms completed Ein deutsches requiem (A German Requiem) by 1868. Brahms personalized the text rather than follow the traditional Requiem text. The writing for the trombones in this work is restrained, employed only when it really matters - solidly structural and not at all showy.