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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2003/03

From: gbur <gbur@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Playing contrabassoon
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 07:38:37 -0500

Guy,

Almost as absurd is the Gorecki Symphony No. 3
(Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), which calls for two
contras . . . which only play in one movement, double
each other on parts marked piano & pianissimo, and
each play a total of 12 notes!

Bruce Gbur

>===== Original Message From Guy Mallery
<wa2msu@-----.com> ====
>--- Nat Echols <nat@-----.edu> wrote:
>> And I've seen many people (myself included) show
up to rehearsal
>>with contra in hand and end up sitting through the
entire session
>>without playing a note.
>
>
>Howdy,
>
> I actually "played" a piece this season in which the
contra
>part had *zero* notes (Corigiano "Promenade
Overture" 1981)...
>Walked out on stage(on cue)...Got a nice
(contrabassoon) write-up
>in the review. <grin>
>
>Regards,
>Guy Mallery
>(stockton, ca, usa)
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contrabassoon
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon
>
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Bruce Gbur, D.M.A.
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Double Reeds and Music History
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Kansas State University
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