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Re: Keyed Bugle

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Subject: Re: Keyed Bugle
From: A Myers <am@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 95 19:57:04 BST
In-reply-to: Nigel Horne's message of Mon, 28 Aug 1995 17:36:23 GMT

Nigel Horne wrote (28.8.95):

> Although I have no evidence for it, I was always told that continental bands
> make more use of Flugels than "we" do, so the interpretation that although
> 'bugle = flugel' may be strictly speaking correct, were the piece to be played
> in the UK it would be valid for the parts to be played on cornets.

I suspect that the instrumentation of bands made up of brass instruments
on the continent varies quite a bit from place to place - I for one
would like to know more about `Fanfare' instrumentation etc.  Yes, in
Austria for instance, there are bands with approximately equal numbers
of flugels and trumpets, but no cornets. 

To play their music on British-style brass bands with cornets would be
perfectly valid, but it would be as much an ~arrangement~ as playing
music originally composed for orchestra or military band.  As with the
latter (in many cases) it could be an improvement on the original !

			 Arnold Myers	

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