Ah. But I am interested in particular where it first appears in the score of a western European orchestra.
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 11:38 AM, John Howell <john.how...@vt.edu> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
