Loud, Louder, Loudest: How Classical Music Started to Roar

[Bowerybum]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/arts ... dness.html" target="_blank" target="_blank

"Douglas Yeo was the principal bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for decades. In an interview, he warned of excessively loud fortissimos, both on aesthetic grounds and for health reasons. He has seen careers cut short by the strain of overplaying."