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Re: French Horns

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Subject: Re: French Horns
From: "brassman" <brassman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 14:44:12 -0400
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Alastair......

Thanks for your advice... I can hardly wait to pass it on to Keith.....

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> From: Alastair Wheeler <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: French Horns
> Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 9:49 AM
> 
> On Sat, 9 May 1998, brassman wrote:
> 
> > I arranged Bernstein's "On the Water Front" which also begins with
french
> > horn, and although I gave it to the tenor horn, it would be better
> > sounding, played on the french horn.  Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
> > (arranged by Keith Wilkinson) uses a tenor horn for the opening.  I
> > wouldn't mind hearing the opening statement played by a traditional
> > clarinet as long as he put the instrument down after the opening.
> 
> I think the manstyle way to do this would be to stick the solo 'as is' in
> the flugel part.  Trill on low G, 1/2 valve gliss up to high C.  This
> isn't so hard on euph, I don't know how many flugel players would be able
> to do it....
> 
> > Mark Freeh (NYC)
> 
> -- 
>   Alastair Wheeler	 
>   Euphonium & Trombone				      Fundamental
Brass
>   Bass Trombone				     City of Oxford Brass
Band
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