Chuck Israels wrote:
Interesting that celeste is not listed, yet that's what I always hear
in Magic Flute performances and recordings. Seems OK to my ears.
Chuck
No, it's not a celeste, which has softer bars, a damper, and a prominent
resonator-generated _Nachklang_. The keyboard glockenspiel has a
brighter -- if not brasher -- tone, may use actual bells instead of
bars, and has a decidedly mechanical character. You might think of the
celeste as a romantic-era re-imagining of the glockenspiel, but it's not
really an adequate replacement. European opera houses either own or
rent a keyboard glockenspiel for performances of Zauberflöte, very much
like the Cimbasso require for some Verdi.
DJW
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