Lawrence, I do not have the score here, but it is K482 from Dec. 1785, a piano concerto in E-flat. If the first horn part does not exceed the written g2 (on top of the staff), the 8th harmonic on Bb-alto horn, it is in alto for sure. The bb-alto part would not employ "manipulated" pitches. Mozart did not employ Bb-basso horns often.
Conductors are stupid sometimes: very easy: Bb-alto means horns sounding 1 full step below the written line, Bb-basso means the same but with an additional octave added verse bottom. ########################################################### Am 20.05.2011 um 21:52 schrieb Lawrence Yates: > Very quickly, > > Second movement, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 - horns in Bb. > > I think it should be Bb alto but someone has pencilled in basso. (Conductor > doesn't know what alto and basso mean.) > > Any opinions? > > Cheers, > > Lawrence > > -- > Lawrenceyates.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > 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
