Klarinet Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2008/10

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart Requiem
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:46:24 -0400

Bad terminology on my part. The soprano trombone is NOT called "The soprano
trumpet" but rather "The slide trumpet." Sorry for my error, but I just got
out of the hospital and my brain is not working right.

Dan Leeson
dnleeson@-----.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Mozart Requiem

> 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

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