I seem to remember that the A basso crook did not exist and that the 19th century parts would have been played on valve horns and transposed by the players. I'm not 100% certain on this. As suggested, the tessitura may be a guide and also the chord structure. Without seeing the score I'd be inclined to go for A alto.
Cheers, Lawrence Sent from my iPhone > On 20 Aug 2014, at 10:43 pm, Raymond Horton <horton.raym...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What is the tessitura of the parts? > > Raymond Horton > Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC > Composer, Arranger > VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com > > >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Lawrence <yateslawre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I thought that the horn in a basso was an19th century instrument (used >> mainly in opera) and that I'm the 18thC it would have been alto. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 20 Aug 2014, at 09:39 pm, Michael <launay-c...@gmx.net> wrote: >>> >>> There are two types of horn in A: alto (the more common, sounding a >> minor third below the note written) and basso (rare, sounding an octave and >> a minor third below the note written). Maybe the double treble clef >> indicates that a horn in A basso is required, although (as far as I know) >> it would be an unusual way of doing this. >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> >>>> On 20 Aug 2014, at 19:22, Martin Banner <mbanner...@aol.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have a manuscript (combined choral/orchestral score) that has two >>>> "horn in A" parts indicated for the piece which is in A major. So >>>> three sharps for the concert pitch (C) instruments, no signature for >>>> the horn parts. No problem. >>>> >>>> The horn parts are written with a double treble clef, which I >>>> understand to mean sounding an octave lower than written, similar to >>>> the tenor voice part that uses a treble clef with an 8 underneath. >>>> >>>> The first written pitch in the manuscript is 3rd space C and middle C, >>>> for the first and second horn parts. Using Finale transposition as >>>> horn in A, the actual sound is a third below the written. What should >>>> the actual sound be? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Martin >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> Finale@shsu.edu >>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
