Klarinet Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2011/01

From: "Steve Hartman" <sdh902@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuba mirum - K.626 (off-topic)
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:56:25 -0500

The First Trombone part is written for Alto Trombone. Therefore the Tenor
Trombone solo (Tuba Mirum) is the Second Trombone part.

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From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 10:29 AM
Subject: [kl] Tuba mirum - K.626 (off-topic)

> My wife and I attended a Philadelphia Orchestra performance last night
> conducted by the music director designate, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, of the
> Mozart Requiem. I've heard the Requiem on recordings any number of times
> but
> have only seen it performed live, maybe, once or twice and performed it a
> couple of times, all before I was aware enough of historical issues to
> have
> noticed what was being used to play the Tuba mirum. Last night it was
> played
> on a standard looking F-attachment tenor trombone by the nervous and
> uncomfortable sounding 2nd trombonist of the orchestra. Several questions
> came to mind as I listened.
>
> . One that no one here may be able to answer (unless some tradition
> has evolved over the centuries) is, why the 2nd player played it instead
> of
> the principal player, who was sitting idle next to him?
> . That aside, is a trombone (whether a modern or period instrument)
> the instrument that is specified in the earliest sources (as it is in my
> Dover score)? If so was it because the slide allowed more pitches than the
> natural trumpets of the period would? I'm certain the last time I saw the
> Requiem performed a euphonium was used. Obviously, that wouldn't have been
> an option in 1791.
> . Which leads to my other question, why would Mozart (or Sussmayr or
> Eybler or someone else) have chosen a trombone to play a solo part in "The
> trumpet shall sound.?" Trumpets, if you put them high enough in their
> range,
> could play lyrical step-wise passages even without valves - Handel managed
> nicely, and according to the program notes Mozart was well aware of Bach's
> and Handel's work. Would the choice have been considered the best one at
> the
> time because of the slide?
>
> TIA for any insight or reference to anything written in English on this
> topic.
>
> Karl
>
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