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Re: French Horns

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Subject: Re: French Horns
From: "David W. Buckley" <davebuckley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 11:40:40 -0700
Organization: Buckley Associates Management Inc.
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Anyone in the UK might wish to broach this subject with Norman
Bearcroft. Norman was a french horn player who wrote extensively for the
Salvation Army before his retirement to the South of England. It was my
feeling that he wrote Euph parts in a high register and asked for them
to be played with no vib and a fair bit of tension to get a sound
somewhat characteristic of a french horn. I never discussed this with
him so don't know if this is true or not but that's the way I heard the
sounds.
Dave Buckley.

Andy Wooler wrote:
> 
> Interesting following the french horn thread -
> I was listening the other day to the Firebird CD - the last section
> (often known as the final hymn) starts in the orchestral original with a
> french horn. Now, the band arrangement puts the french horn part on
> euphonium. For me, it changes the whole feel of the music. But would that
> be put right by using a french horn? Possibly but there is also another
> solution:
> 
> I don't recall having heard a french horn player with a massive vibrato
> - when transcribing this paricular work for euphonium, no indication was
> given on the score as to use of vibrato. End result is, imho, probably not
> what stravinsky intended and for me, it loses the magic of the original.
> 
> There are a lot of differences in tone colour available to brass bands if
> only we would use them!
> 
> As a further example, take the trombone sole "Sentimental" - the
> instrument itself has the ability to sound like Tommy Dorsey yet how many
> brass band trombone players can do this?
> (we should remember that many of the greats of
> the big band world started off in brass bands,Lusher, Baker, Watkins to
> name but 3).
> 
> 
> Andy Wooler
> Resident Conductor, Uckfield Concert Brass
> MD The Classic Dance Band, Trumpet: Sussex Symphony Orchestra
> andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx , http://www.awooler.demon.co.uk
> 
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