Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 1999/09

From: Dave Sandusky <daves@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] bugles
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:15:08 -0400

Funny, I am listening to this piece as done by the Canadian Brass (off their
Brass Busters! CD) as I was reading this! Some sort of synchronicity-thing!

Dave S

Jim O'Briant wrote:

> 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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