The question is whether it is common in Mozart scores to find the lowest horn part move in the octave outlined by the identically written cello and bass parts. I will not exclude the existence of valid samples, yet my (not scientifically put into statistics) hunch from reading a whole lot of Mozart scores tells me that Mozart keeps that octave open and free from other parts moving around that low with their own lines. If my point stands, then the two horns in that said movement are written in Bb alto.
Klaus ________________________________ From: Steve Freides <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 1:35:10 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Steve Haflich <[email protected]> wrote: ... remember that the bass line is for cello and > contrabass, the latter being a transposing instrument sounding an octave > lower than written. Forgive me but what does this have to do with the price of tea in China? Playing above the staff is a completely different animal on a cello or a bass, and the transpositions are never in question, just as they are never in question with most other instruments. -S- _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterbbb%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
