Klarinet Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 2008/10

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart Requiem
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:02:47 -0400

Not wishing to make a big deal out of it, but in my book, "Opus Ultimum, The
Store of the Mozart Requiem" (Algora Press, NY), I bring up the issue of the
number of trombones required for the Requiem. And it is possible to lay a
case for 4 trombones, the top one a soprano trombone, which is also called a
soprano trumpet. The evidence to suggest this is in the autograph and I give
the details in my book.

Dan Leeson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christophe ASTIER" <christophe.astier@-----.fr>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Mozart Requiem

> What you see and hear are basset horns, in their period angled shape (they
> are more often straight nowdays).
>
> Regarding the trombones, the Requiem includes a bass trombone, on this
> instrument, the length of the arm would not
> be sufficient to give the slide the extension required by the range of the
> instrument. The rod makes in possible
> to extend the arm's reach by some centimeters. Nowdays, bass trombone
> have valves that enable to increase the
> length of the tube without using the slide.
>
> Regards, Christophe.
>
>
>
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> From: "Fred" <fred.sheim@-----.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:29 PM
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] Mozart Requiem
>
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what these instruments are? Look here:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaIoWewhFTU
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>>
>> At 6 minutes 10 seconds into the tape I hear "clarinets", but look a bit
>> longer and is it keyless basset horns that are being played?
>>
>> Also, just after that, what are the very skinny looking trombones, and
>> why is one played with a rod to move the slide?
>>
>> Fred
>>
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