Klarinet Archive - Posting 000054.txt from 2010/03

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Coincidence???
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:08:26 -0400

He has retired to Austin, TX where you should be able to find him in a phone
directory.

Dan Leeson
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From: "James Langdell" <jameslangdell@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Coincidence???

Is David Whitwell still publishing wind ensemble editions and books on
music through his W.I.N.D.S. imprint? If so, what is the current
contact information?

--James

Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:
> David Whitwell, formerly of Cal State Northridge, brought some interesting
> information to my attention:
>
> 1] The most important wind ensemble in the court of Louis XIV (1638 -
> 1715)
> was the Les Grands Hautbois and it consisted of 12 players.
>
> [2] When this idea of an oboe band spread to Germany, beginning c. 1690,
> the ensembles were all 12 players
>
> [3] The original of the Handel Fireworks music was for 12 players, 11
> winds
> and timpani
>
> [4] Mozart's gran Partitta is scored for 12 winds and string bass
>
> Was Mozart following some tradition in picking the size of the gran
> Partitta
> and not just some larger Harmoniemusik?
>
> And is there any logic for the number 12? Perhaps. One of the German oboe
> bands called themselves, "the Apostles."
>
> Dan Leeson
> dnleeson@-----.net
>
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