Klarinet Archive - Posting 000631.txt from 2001/04

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Band vs. orchestra
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 08:11:30 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Wright [mailto:Bilwright@-----.net]
> One interesting point: New Harvard Dictionary of Music says that
> the word "band" was originally anything larger than a chamber ensemble,
> and the word "band" originally included orchestras --- rather than being
> distinct from orchestras.
>
>

Our British members could testify "yea" or "nay" but, as far as I can tell,
"band" still applies in England to large ensembles with or without string
sections.

Karl Krelove

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