David Ogden Stiers
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Greetings to Everyone,
I saw Ewan McGregor in a British Film entitled Brassed Off where his
character plays Alto (or Mellophone) in a British Style Brass Band. Some
very good music in the film and a good story. Check it out if you've not
seen it. I have seen it on the Independent Film Channel.
Regarding Mendelssohn's Reformation: there are two
horn parts, although it always seems like there should
be four.
Eric James
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 14:53:33 -0800 (PST), Scott Pappal
wrote:
All:
1.) Regarding the scoring for Mendelssohn five (the
Reformation Symphony), I hate to have to
That would be Cartman: I'm not fat, I'm just big boned
Leigh
On Sunday, January 11, 2004, at 06:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hartman exists in South Park, need I say more? Then there was the
Captain
(Colonel?) in MASH who played horn. Hmmm,maybe we ARE dorky!
- Original Message -
This thread could be endless, particularly if you end up including
composers, singers and (shudder) conductors who started out playing horn.
My slight contribution to this thread would be:
Vanessa Williams (This little known factoid was imparted to me by her high
school band director)
Back in
This reference may only be known to the listers in the US, but:
The late Otto Graham, known by many (American) football fans as Automatic
Otto, Hall of Fame quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, matriculated to
Northwestern University on a basketball scholarship, but studied horn while there.
Horn celebrities?
Here a few more in line with great music:
The German tenor, Fritz Wunderlich (1930-1966), studied horn at the Freiburg
Music Academy from 1950 to 1955. I always thought that his amazing breath
control and beautiful phrasing came from his horn playing. Just listen to
his
I don't know if he was ever a horn player, but Marty Feldman in Young
Frankenstein was right on the mark in the scene near the end, where Dr.
Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is playing the violin on the top of the castle,
trying to lure the monster (Peter Boyle) back. Feldman (Igor--it's
Dear All
British Horn Celebrities (who all were well known as horn players before
making a career change) could include:-
Conductors
Norman del Mar (Royal Philharmonic - 2nd to Dennis Brain)
Maurice Handford (Principal - Halle)
Alun Francis (well known freelancer)
Sir Edward Downes (played 4th
Ewan McGregor playes horn I´ve heard, but in the film Brassed
off he played cornet if I remember right.
Conductor (LA Phil)/Composer Esa-Pekka Salonen is also a horn
player, he received his diploma in 1977.
And the most famous of them all is of course... (drum roll)
ERIC CARTMAN!!!
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Steven Ovitsky wrote:
The German tenor, Fritz Wunderlich (1930-1966), studied horn at the
Freiburg Music Academy from 1950 to 1955. I always thought that his
amazing breath control and beautiful phrasing came from his horn
playing. Just listen to his recordings of Il
David,
Wasn't Otto Graham's father a high school band director ?
Mark L.
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Strother Martin a well known American character actor in the 50's, 60's and
early 70's played the horn at one time. His lack of success with the
instrument, according to an interview that I remember reading at one time
(sorry to be so anecdotal) led him to become an actor.
One of his best known
On 12 Jan 2004, at 5:56 pm, Mark Louttit wrote:
Strother Martin a well known American character actor in the 50's,
60's and
early 70's played the horn at one time. His lack of success with the
instrument, according to an interview that I remember reading at one
time
(sorry to be so anecdotal)
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Walter Lewis wrote:
I saw Ewan McGregor in a British Film entitled Brassed Off where his
character plays Alto
Don't forget, the peck horn (or blat weasel) player is the one who gets
the girl. Didn't see her with one of the fat guys on tuba, did you?
I was amused to
I was amazed at the number of players who carried their instruments (on
the bus, down the street) around without a case!
Leigh
On Monday, January 12, 2004, at 01:35 PM, Dr. Carole Nowicke, Applied
Health Science wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Walter Lewis wrote:
I saw Ewan McGregor in a British
Liberace's father, Salvatore Liberace, was a
professional hornist who played in several orchestras,
including the Milwaukee Symphony, during the first
part of the last century.
I'm only slightly embarrassed to know this.
--John
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J. Mason
Charlottesville, Virginia
Cool snaps:
On 12 Jan 2004, at 6:38 pm, Leigh Alexander wrote:
I was amazed at the number of players who carried their instruments
(on the bus, down the street) around without a case!
Movies eh? What can ya do.
There were embarrassing mistakes like that through out the film. Still
an enjoyable film
Another historically significant figure, who happened
to play the horn:
Olaudah Equiano, a former slave who became an
important abolitionist, played the horn. In his
autobiography, which first published in 1789 and which
was very influential in turning British opinion
against the slave trade, he
From: Tom Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 12 Jan 2004, at 6:38 pm, Leigh Alexander wrote:
I was amazed at the number of players who carried their instruments
(on the bus, down the street) around without a case!
Movies eh? What can ya do.
There were embarrassing mistakes like that through
On 12 Jan 2004, at 8:35 pm, Klaus Bjerre wrote:
Somehow these mistakes were carefully planned for.
Just about everything is carefully planned in a movie.
Whether or not it has any relation to reality is a another matter. The
way they were portrayed handling their instruments is not a reflection
From: Tom Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 12 Jan 2004, at 8:35 pm, Klaus Bjerre wrote:
Somehow these mistakes were carefully planned for.
Just about everything is carefully planned in a movie.
Whether or not it has any relation to reality is a another matter. The
way they were portrayed
I'm only slightly embarrassed to know this. J.M.
John,
I realize that there is some humor with regard to that statement, but what
is embarrassing about knowing that Salvatore Liberace was a very good horn
player (by all accounts I have ever heard or read) who played in the
Milwaukee Symphony ?
There was David Grey who played principle in the LSO
after Tuckwell. He came to Canada in the early 70s to
conduct. Haven't heard of him since.
Eric James
I don't know if it's the same David Grey, but the time frame is right:
There was a David Grey who conducted the Newfoundland (then
St.
As to the MASH episode and Charles Winchester aka David Ogden Stiers, here is
an important question: What LA studio free-lancer played the horn on the
sound track for that episode sounding almost as good as Prof. I.M.
Gestopftmitscheist?
Hint: His name is not Vince or Jim or KB and not Stiers
I' m probably wrong, but didn't Ewan McGregor play
baritone in this movie? I own this movie, got it from
Suncoast a few years ago, so I'm sure it's still
available, and it's great. I always freak out when
they play Floral Dance, by Katie Moss, because our
brass band plays it, and it's simply an
I heard Milt Kamen do his shtick. He said playing the horn was a very
unsettling experience. He said it is nerve wracking after a bad night to
look, in the morning, into the mirror and after studying one's face look to
one's mouth and say: embouchure, how do you think you feel today?
Shel
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Jake Janson?
What LA studio free-lancer played the horn on the
sound track for that episode sounding almost as good as Prof. I.M.
Gestopftmitscheist?
Hint: His name is not Vince or Jim or KB and not Stiers himself.
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