Six Bones for Six Bones, for trombone sextet

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Six Bones for Six Bones, for trombone sextet

Published on Nov 24, 2014

Jonathan Newmark

Six Bones for Six Bones, for 4 tenor trombones and 2 bass trombones. Composed 2014. Duration ca. = 12 min. Movements: 1. Calcaneus (ankle bone), used in jumping 2. Ossicles, small bones of the inner ear, malfunction of which causes ringing in the ears or tinnitus 3. Mandible (jaw bone), marked "Chatteringly" 4. Frontal bone, which overlies and co-evolved with the frontal lobe of the brain, seat of higher intellectual function 5. Femur (thigh bone), necessary for running or, in this case, learning new dance steps 6. Metacarpals, the proximal bones of the fingers. In forming a fist to strike a blow, the impact falls upon the 2nd and 3rd metacarpals of the dominant hand, so this movement is something of a boxing match.