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Re: Vibrato

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Subject: Re: Vibrato
From: Matt LaFontaine <mattl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 01:26:36 -0400 (EDT)
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On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Adrian Drover wrote:

> On 21 May, Matt LaFontaine <mattl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > The only instrument that should be producing a true "symphonic" sound
> > (imho) is the trombone.
> 
> Why?

Because it is the only orchestral instrument used in the brass band, and
the only brass band instrument widely used in the orchestra.

> 
> If trombones are permitted to play symphonically in the brass band, then
> why not trumpets and french horns too.

Because they do not fit into what has become the brass band sound.

> 
> In fact there is nothing to prevent tenor and baritone horns being part of
> the symphony orchestra, if that's the sound the composer wants for his
> score. In the past, instruments have been specially invented by composers
> to add orchestral colour, especially in the brass department.   

And through the process of trial and error, they have been either kept or
rejected. Why not just write charts for whatever ensemble you so wish and
let them live or die based on their merites instead of saying "the
traditionalists won'y let them become popular"! 

If people wish to hear a brass choir, they will listen to one. If people
want a brass band, they will listen to one. Just don't morph one into the
other; then both lose their uniqueness.

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