Klarinet Archive - Posting 000605.txt from 2002/04

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Woodwind=sneezy
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 08:19:58 -0400

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From: "Neptune's Vengeance" <brazilian_penguins@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Woodwind=sneezy

> Yeah, I've lost sleep over that one. So, just why IS there a french horn
in
> a woodwind quintet?
> *Ponders*
> Natalie

According to what I read, the composer who wrote the first "woodwind
quintet" composition simply thought the French horn would blend nicely in
that ensemble and so included it. Ever since, a woodwind quintet has been
defined as including a French horn.

Dee Hays
Michigan

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