Klarinet Archive - Posting 000109.txt from 2005/02

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] A bassethorn riddle
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 21:17:47 -0500

On 5 Feb, Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com> wrote:

> ...a quick googling of:
>=20
> bach "mass in b minor" basset horn
>=20
> Yielded:
>=20
> http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Gen8.htm
>=20
> > We can only speculate on the details of Zelter's approach to the B-Mi=
nor=20
> > Mass, since his 'Singakademie' score was lost in WW II. Georg Sch=FCn=
emann,
> > who examined Zelter's manuscript in the 1920s, states that in the=20
> > 'Quoniam' Zelter suggested that the corne da caccia be replaced with =
a=20
> > flute, and the bassoons with basset horns or muted cellos."
>
> I'm still highly doubtful, since to substitute basset horns for bassoon=
s=20
> seems silly (comprehendible in the artistic sensibilities of the 1920s,=
but
> still silly).

1920s?

Tony
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