Yes, I could tell. If you like I could post your question on the OrchestraList, where there are a number of professional symphony percussionists who post regularly. In fact I might just go ahead and ask anyway, in case anyone can come up with an answer.
John At 1:03 PM -0500 6/3/12, Robert Patterson wrote: >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 -- 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
