Some of the contents of the pages on this site are Copyright © 2016 NJH Music | [Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Instrumentation
On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Adrian Drover wrote: > If trombones are permitted to play symphonically in the brass band, then > why not trumpets and french horns too. And why not clarinets and mongolian nose flutes? and why don't orchestras have tenor horns and soprano cornets? :) > 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. That is not to say that such instruments should be included as permanent additions to the orchestra. It is one thing to include a novel instrument as a one-off (whether it is a baritone in an orchestra or a trumpet/french horn in a brass band) but quite another to suggest that they should be added permanently. I think we've probably exhausted the instrumentation debate now... Cameron -- Cameron Mabon (International Idiot) cmabon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Piano, cornet and duck-call Fundamental Brass http://users.ox.ac.uk/~newc0349/fun City of Oxford Band http://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/~cmabon/COSB.html -- unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|
[Services] [Contact Us] [Advertise with us] [About] [Tell a friend about us] [Copyright © 2016 NJH Music] |