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Re: FLUGEL, not flugal

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Subject: Re: FLUGEL, not flugal
From: Alastair Wheeler <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 13:38:10 +0100 (BST)
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> On 23 Apr, "Reilly, Nick" <nick.reilly@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Isn't calling it a flugal instead of flugel just going the same way as
> > the repiano cornet which is just a corruption of ripieno?

Flugel is the correct name of the INSTRUNMENT, as has been mentioned
already.  Rep is the name of the PART the cornet plays.  A little bit of
thought - this is derrived from ripieno, but the part (in its modern
usage) doesn't fill this role.  More acurately, 2nd to 4th man are the
ripieno (solo) cornets, supplementing the principal.  The rep part could
be more accuratly labeled 1st cornet, to show how it works within the back
row.  Many composers now do this, including Wilby, Gregson, Howarth.
Personally I find this a bit confusing, as I expect 2 players on the part
when it is labeled this way.  I think we all know what is meant by a
Repiano though.

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  Alastair Wheeler
  Euphonium & Trombone			    Fundamental Brass
  Bass Trombone			   City of Oxford Brass Band
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  "I am following my fish"

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- Re: FLUGEL, not flugal
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