My teacher, Prof. IMG, always played KOPPRASCH NO. 1 outside the theatre in the alleyway during the second act of all the operas, no matter who wrote them. It was particularly effective in the little known opera by Ulrich von Schmerzendschwanz, "Die Kopfloshosenscheisser" where Ulli, the hero, is trying to wake up his mother in law for the famous "argument scene" duet: Mein hund hat kleines blutsaugendes Insekt-nein, ist Räude The Prof. is credited for more performances of Kopprasch No. 1 than anyone else. The reason is that his teacher, the renowned Otto Fisch never let him past it and onwards to the rest of the book(s). The only reason that he let me past it when I was studying with him is that I did play it almost right, once. KB Hans wrote: two corrections:
1st: I am still alive 2nd: had I played THE LONG CALL in the 2nd act of La Traviata just once, I would not have reached retirement in my orchestra. But I like that idea !!! May-be a nice inspiration for our younger friends, an idea working quite well for those weird ultra post modern productions, nobody wants to attend, but if they would know, that there could be a horn player or other surprise ............. ############################################ Am 20.05.2011 um 05:53 schrieb [email protected]: > Hans P wrote > > Why so much wind about that passage of afterbeats. There is nothing to > practice. > > As soon as you have a conductor in front, the tempo is kept (more or > less) by > the conductor. By the progress of that number, he is getting tired & > the tempo gets slower. > > NEVER EVER practice such afterbeats. This is nonsense. If you need to > breath, > never mind, breath at any place. Nobody will notice it, if you leave > out one or two of the > rapid eights, nobody knows that. > > ******** > This is valuable advice from one of the most experienced horn players > who ever lived. Though he will modestly deny it, I know for a fact > that NO ONE has given as many public performances of the > Long Call in the second act of La Traviata as Hans. No one! > > Gotta go, > Cabbage > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
