At 10:57 AM -0500 6/3/12, Robert Patterson wrote: >A question came up at a rehearsal the other day. Does anyone know what >piece has the first use of a woodblock in an orchestra?
Whatever it was, it was probably in China a number of centuries ago! There were "orchestras" in the world long before the Western European string bands caught on. John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
