On May 30, 2009, at 6:33 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Interesting and thoughtful response. Thanks.
In Berlioz' treatise on orchestration, he comments (actually I
think it
was from Strauss when he edited it) that horn players would rather
transpose than read a key signature. Speaking for modern horn
players, I
think most of us (but not all) would disagree with that statement.
Speaking of horn transpositions:
I write sometimes for a local orchestra that mostly plays common-
practice repertoire, and very few large works, though they have pops
concerts sometimes (that's my job!) Three of the hornists only play
with this orchestra, and whenever my parts come back after a concert,
these three parts have every sharp and flat from the key signature
pencilled in! Only the second hornist, who is an active freelancer as
well, reads the parts with key signatures as is.
I get the same thing from the timpanist, and once in a while from a
trumpet player.
I smile, because I know why they do it.
Christopher
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