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trombone
Brass instrument with an extendable slide with which the length of its tubing can be increased. It has a mostly cylindrical bore and a cup-shaped mouthpiece. The slide performs the same function as the valves in other brass instruments. Valve trombones, both with and without slides, were developed in the early 19th cent.; they provide increased agility but diminished tone quality. The trombone exists in several sizes; the tenor trombone in B-flat is the standard instrument, but the bass trombone is also used orchestrally. The trombone (long known as the sackbut) developed in the 15th cent., and has changed little over 400 years. By the 16th cent. it had been adopted by town, court, church, and military bands; it was employed in early opera orchestras, but only began to be used in the symphony orchestra c.1800. In the 20th cent. it became important in dance and jazz bands.


Oromo
Major ethnic group of Ethiopia, numbering 20 million, or nearly half the population, and occupying much of its central and S central regions. They speak a Cushitic language of the Afroasiatic family. They are a diverse group, having assimilated and intermarried with other peoples since the 16th cent. Traditionally the Oromo were nomadic herders, but today most are settled agriculturalists. Politically they are largely subjugated to the dominant Amhara. In religion they are divided among Islam, the Ethiopian Orthodox faith, and traditional beliefs.


Rosso
Italian painter and decorator. He trained under Andrea del Sarto, alongside J. da Pontormo, with whom he became a leading figure in the development of Mannerism. In his later work, the highly charged emotionalism of his early works (e.g., the Assumption fresco, 1513-14, in Florence's Santissima Annunziata) is more subdued; his new style is seen in his Dead Christ with Angels (1525-26). In 1530 he went to France at the invitation of Francis I; there he became a founder of the Fontainebleau school, and the ornamental style he developed influenced decorative arts across N Europe. He remained in the royal service until his death.


treason
Offense of attempting to overthrow the government of one's country or of assisting its enemies in war. In the U.S., the framers of the Constitution defined treason narrowly--as the levying of war against the U.S. or the giving of aid and comfort to its enemies--in order to lessen the possibility that those in power might falsely or loosely charge their political opponents with treason. See also sedition.


Troas
Ancient region surrounding the city of Troy. It was formed mainly by the NW projection of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) into the Aegean Sea. It extended from the Gulf of Edremit to the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles, and from the Ida Mtns. to the Aegean. St. Paul visited the region on his missionary journeys.


Trollope
English novelist. He worked for the post office ...

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