On 27.02.2004 20:48 Uhr, John Howell wrote >> Incidentally the Berlin Concertmaster Johann Gottlieb Graun produced (ie >> composed) some of the most difficult (ie high) horn parts in the 18th >> century. > > Haydn's "Hornsignal" symphony (more of a concerto grosso, actually) > presupposes some darned good horn players. And I understand that > some of the horn parts Mozart wrote for his buddies at Mannheim are > 'way harder than the ones published in Paris.
Apparently there is a link between the Horn players in Berlin (Graun) and in the Esterhazy court orchestra. Incidentally a Horn concerto survives in a copy of an Esterhazy copyist. For some time it was supposed to be by Haydn, but is now believed to be by Graun. It wouldn't surprise me if Mannheim had some of the best horn players, since they basically had virtuosos in every principal part. A an army of generals, as Burney called it. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
