On 19.05.2011 04:17, John Howell wrote:
Sorry I wasn't clear. I was talking about Mendelssohn's orchestra,
whether in Leipzig or other places he might have been writing for. I
know Mozart used contra, and I think Beethoven as well, but I don't
know how widespread their use was,
Haydn also used contrabassoon in "The Creation."
no problem. (Finding a serpent player might be; euphonium might be
the modern substitute, but it isn't very close in sound.)
Serpents are getting easier to find these days, especially on this side
of the pond. There is even a serpent class now at the Paris
Conservatory. Here's a recording of one of its graduates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eafB4QqziA&feature=related
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eafB4QqziA&feature=related>
In October a serpent colloquium is to take place in Paris:
http://www.irpmf.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article303
The US has an important proponent of the serpent in Boston Symphony bass
trombonist Doug Yeo, who has played serpent in a number of BSO
performances and even appeared as serpent soloist with the Boston Pops.
Doug has also developed a euphonium mouthpiece to help euphonium players
get something close to a serpent sound. You can find info and a lot of
other serpent stuff at http://www.yeodoug.com/
Howard
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http://howard-weiner.de/
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