Erm. I don't mean to be insulting or facetious, but have you actually *looked* at the horn staves of any 19th century scores? Everything I've stated on this subject is based neither on books nor assumptions. It is based on studying (esp.) 19th cent. scores.
If you go back to when natural horns were played in pairs, it was essentially universal practice to place one pair (i.e, 1&2) on the top staff and 3&4 on the bottom staff. It is only in the waning years of the 19th cent. you begin to see any deviation at all from this. These deviations were almost always specific to a particular passage and lasted only a few pages. I don't ask you to accept my word for it. I ask you to look for yourself. John Howell wrote: > I doubt that, Robert, with all respect. It's pretty standard in 19th > century orchestral scores, although during the 20th century your way > became standard for band scores. It simply goes back to the days > when natural horns were played in pairs, sometimes one pair in one > key and the other in another. That gives you a natural high-low pair > for each key. > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
