Klarinet Archive - Posting 000380.txt from 2006/04

From: "Keith" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] New pieces for basset-horn
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:26:45 -0400

You are right Dan, it does not always work. One case in which I think it
works very well is in Rossini's quartets for flute, clarinet, bassoon and
French horn in F. The blend works, if anything, better with the basset horn,
and the latter has a much easier time with the notes themselves than does
the French horn.

Interesting about Sussmayr, I did not know that.

Keith

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> Behalf Of dnleeson
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> Of course, one should hunt that concertante of Soliva down, but I
> have a fundmental skepticism about the use of basset horn in
> place of a French horn (or vice versa) simply because both are in
> F and/or both contain the name "horn" as part of the title of the
> instrument.
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> Depending on the character of the French horn part, the use of a
> basset horn may be counter- indicated. To show you how far this
> sort thing can go, there is some evidence that Sussmayr, the guy
> who completed the Mozart Requiem, thought that a basset horn was
> a French horn, and he wrote the parts that he wrote with that
> kind of an instrument in mind.
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> I used to play a lot of English horn music because it was in F
> and the name "horn" made me all goofy. But most of the stuff
> just never worked. Try the Hindemith English horn sonata on a
> basset horn. It is all wacky when played that way.
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurence Beckhardt [mailto:lbeckhardt@-----.net]
> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 6:01 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] New pieces for basset-horn
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> Here's a link to an interesting website with some free
> sheet music downloads of obscure composers. Included
> is a Concertante for clarinet, horn and piano by
> Soliva (?) based on Mozart themes (the MP3 clip is a
> theme from Don Giovani). There's also a substitute
> basset horn part for the horn. In addition, there are
> a couple of partitas by Genser (early Harmonie?).
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> http://www.musicastorica.com
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