Klarinet Archive - Posting 001277.txt from 1998/01

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: duets - not very clarinetty!
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:27:17 -0500

Roger Shilcock wrote:

> I believe I'm right in.pointing out that "baritone" (our "euphonium")
> music in the bass clef over here is written *at actual pitch*, as is the
> case for orchestral trombone parts. As far as I know, the instrument we
> call the "baritone" is only to be found in brass bands, and so is almost
> always written for in the treble clef.
> I think you call the latter instrument a "tenor horn".

When I was trying to find the identity of a small horn that my sister had bought
at a junk shop, I found that it was an alto horn but that the same instrument in
the UK it was called a tenor horn. It is smaller than the baritone/euphonium.
The alto horn (aka tenor horn) was extremely popular around the turn of the
century in brass bands but is seldom seen today. There are a couple of brass
bands that are reviving this music and are using the alto horn. By the way it is
pitched in Eb. I found this information thanks to The Shrine to Music Museum and
via the internet.

Dee Hays
deerich@-----.net
Canton, SD

   
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