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Fw: NABBA Instant Band

 What would we call a baroque orchestra if it contained a saxaphone or a
 trombone quartet if it contained a french horn?  Instrumentally they would
 no longer fit their originally defined names.  

 The same is so with a brass band.  At the second NABBA competition held
 back in the 80's a conductor who had been around a good many years in the
 UK stated very clearly  "if there is an insistence upon using French
horns,
 trumpets and playing with a Phillip Jones brass ensemble sound, then don't
 call these brass bands, call them something else".

 I prefer traditional brass band music to be played in a traditional manner
 in the same way I prefer music of the baroque period played with original
 instrumentation.  This is only personal preference.  More recently scored
 brass band music at times does mirror and even warrant a Phillip Jones
 brass choir approach, though instrumentation may be questioned.  

 For purposes of contesting, let's keep the idiom on even footing and stay
 with the traditional instrumentation.  

On the musical time line we (the brass band world) have made a contribution
 which many cherish.  Let's continue to evolve the art of brass playing and
 continue to move on to new horizons, however, let us not allow the ongoing
 diminishment of brass band tradition to the point of extinction.  It is
 worth preserving.  

 Does anyone have the words to "The Lost Chord" by Sullivan?

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> > From: Jack Alexander <J.Alexander@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: NABBA Instant Band 
> > Date: Tuesday, February 04, 1997 5:03 PM
> > 
> > Graham Young told us:
> > 
> > >Because of the difficulty in starting a band in North America
> > >Nabba has sections that include one where a new band can play
> > >even if they are using trumpets and french horns.
> > 
> > Hopefully this is the thin edge of the wedge, the thick edge (in 50
years
> > or so) being brass band misic written speifically for trumpets and
> > (especially) french horn.
> > 
> > I can't see why what is arguable the finest middle brass instrument
> should
> > be excluded from brass bands.  In the good ol' days, maybe it was
because
> > (a) it was hard to find good french hornists and (b) you could always
> find
> > some other three-valve player to fill in in an emergency, but nowadays
> > there are lots of young french horn players coming up through school
> > concert  bands and orchestras.
> > 
> > Jack Alexander
> > Waverley Bondi Beach Band
> > Sydney NSW    Australia
> > 
> > Telephone: (61) (2) 9385 5290	 Fax: (61) (2) 313 8604
> > E-mail: J.Alexander@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > 
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