Klarinet Archive - Posting 000071.txt from 2011/01

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Trombones in K. 626
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:15:27 -0500

Dan
I did say 'or in the opera house'. I know that technically "Magic Flute" isn't an opera, but I think I did cover that one.
If trombones were "generally available to him" it seems odd that neither his symphonies nor his wind works use them. (Imagine a hyper-grand partita for SIXTEEN wind instruments!!! (with contra bassoon of course). What a lovely dream for 2011!!!
Martin

On 10 Jan 2011, at 15:45, Dan Leeson wrote:

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

> 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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