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Further to Alto Cornet

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Subject: Further to Alto Cornet
From: Angela Tregaskes <angela@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 10:25:27 GMT
Priority: low
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>X-POP3-Rcpt: angela@cua
>Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 13:15:36 -0500
>From: Michael GRAY <Emjaygee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Alto Cornet
>
Dear List

Angela Tregaskes said:

>>I concur with the theory that the term "alto cornet" may indeed be another
name for "alto trombone".  Crystal Palace Band own one of these ..........
rather cute and dinky they are (ours is currently played by an equally cute
and dinky 7 year old with our training band).  Perhaps "alto cornet" parts
could also be played on the flugel horn though?
>

and Mike Gray said:

>I believe a flugel may well have been used in the past but quite often a
>tenor trombone player with a good reliable top register will have no
>problem with the part.
>
>As you can see from my orchestration list, there is no alto cornet part and
>none of the other instruments would be represented by such an instrument
>(the trumpet music is the usual boring classical/roccoco style).
>
>
>the scoring of the Mozart Requiem is:
>
>2 Basset Horns (a kind of alto clairinet - transposing instruments in G if
>I remember correctly)
>2 Bassoons
>2 Trumpets
>ALTO, Tenor and Bass Trombones (the answer to your query?)
>Timpani
>Strings
>Continuo (Organ, Harpsichord, Bass Strings)
>
>SATB Choir
>SATB Soloists
>
>Brahms, Mendelssohn and Beethoven all wrote their symphonic first trombone
>parts high and for the alto instrument but most orchestral players wear a
>truss and use a tenor!!
>
Angela Tregaskes
angela@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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