Klarinet Archive - Posting 000069.txt from 2011/01

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Trombones in K. 626
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:45:57 -0500

It is wrong to suggest that trombones were not usually available to him. A
work written just before the Requiem (and maybe even at the same time as the
Requiem) uses three trombones. I refer to Magic Flute. However, you are
correct that he uses trombones, like basset horns, sparingly. And in the
case of the Requiem, he was almost certainly knowledgeable about the fact
that the work was intended for performance in the sticks, about 45 miles
away from Vienna. So the fact that he wrote for them suggests that they
were (or could be made to be) generally available.

Dan Leeson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxter1@-----.com>
To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Trombones in K. 626

> Dan
> Am I correct that at this time the only times trombones would be readily
> available would be attached to churches or in the Opera House. Perhaps
> Mozart was merely taking the opportunity to write for instruments that
> were not usually available to him.
> Martin
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