Klarinet Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 1999/09

From: "Jim O'Briant" <jobriant@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] bugles
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 01:35:37 -0400

Avrahm Galper wrote, in part:

> The work that was asked about is
> Beethoven's. I think its called Wellington's
> Victory.Its about the last fight that Napoleon
> had.

Correct. Written about 1816, originally for "Panharmonicon," a mechanical
orchestra invented by Herr Maelzel (the same fellow who invented the
metronome). Re-written shortly after for regular orchestra with real live
people.

> The tune "For hes a jolly..." is supposed
> to represent the British forces. The other
> bugles are the French forces. Of course,
> Wellington (the British) wins the fight.

Actually, the British are represented by "Rule, Britannia!" It is the
French who are represented by "For he's a jolly good fellow," or "The bear
went over the mountain." It's a French folk song. The bugles don't play
either of those tunes -- but there are "French" and "English" bugle calls,
challenge and response, in different keys.

Jim O'Briant
Bayside Music Press
Gilroy, CA

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