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Very well done. brassman@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Kees........... > > You should listen to the band from in front then. Kees, with all due > respect, you couldn't be more wrong. French horns don't blend well > except in certain pieces of music... for instance... Erik Leidzen's > "Pressing On" which begins with a fanfare for horns. That would be > great. Tell me what is wrong with the brass band sound as it is? You > mean we have been doing it all wrong for 150 years? I love the french > horn. When you arrange or compose, you do it with certain instruments > in mind. You can't just change the concept of scoring by playing the > parts on different instruments. > > As a solo instrument with brass band the french horn works well. I > arranged the Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 for River City Brass Band (who > use only french horns by the way). Another wonderful piece I would like > to hear with brass band, and a piece I began arranging, is Concertpiece > (Conzertstuck in F major, op.86) by Robert Schumann for 4 french horns. > The reason I stopped, was that I couldn't make up my mind if I should > use 4 french horns in addition to 3 tenor horns in the band. It limits > the amount of performaces significantly but would be my preference. I > would rather hear Mozart's Rondo with french horn rather than euphonium > any day. Vinter's Hunter's Moon is another good example... much better > on french horn then tenor horn. I would like to hear especially written > music with a section of french horns either in addition to or in place > of tenor horns.... but why destroy the tradidition brass band sound > which is what we were all attracted to in the first place.. and I might > add that it was also the (most, if not all) composer's and arrangers > intent when they wrote it. Can you really picture starting "Journey > Into Freedom" with french horns? How clumsy !!! > Stop trying to fix something that isn't broken. You know there are > french horn lists among others.... do you think they are discussing > using tenor horns instead of french horns? Not a chance..... I know > there are other composers and arrangers on this list. It would be > interesting to hear from them about this as well. > Brian? Bill? You too Adrian........ > **************************************************************** > > On 30 April Adrian Drover <saxhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 28 Apr, Cameron Mabon <cmabon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > French horns simply could not fit into such a sound. > > > > That's true ;-) > > > > Adrian > > > > I've been following this discussion for some time now and I have to say > that I played in several Brass bands during my formative years. > > As a professional educator and Hornist I feel that my sound did not > detract > from the brass band sound - it blended in well and at times added a new > tonal quality which was very useful in developing the Organ-like timbre > of > ( especially ) hymns and slow pieces. This was especially true when I > was > playing 1st or 2nd horn parts, where the parts are not usually played > with > strong conviction or tone. The French Horn sound really filled these > parts > out. > > I also found it a nice effect to double the Eupho parts to round off the > > Eupho sound in similar tunes. > > If the Horn is played correctly it will fit into any combination of > instruments ( Horn players are very sensitive to intonation and timbre > problems ) and will only add to the band's tonal colour. > > As this was a long time ago and my participation in brass bands was > rewarded by being banned from contesting, etc ( rules, rules ...) I > ceased > to play Horn in them and went on to almost all the other instruments, > which > I approach with the same style as my Horn playing. > > I hope this adds to the general discussion. > > Kees Dogger, Conductor Biarnsdale Citizen's Band. > Dogger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Kees & Michelle Dogger > > -- > unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to > listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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