Klaus, I'm sorry, but where did I say Steve was the main source? I merely said his was the most interesting post of several (including yours) on this topic. All were relevant and I compliment you, as I do Steve, on not taking a narrow, horn perspective on these matters. If we are not interested in anything other than the horn parts we play, and ignore their relevance and involvement with other musical issues, how narrow minded we would all be - and not musicians in the fullest sense.
Ralph On 21 May 2011, at 11:14, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: > The reference to Steve Freides as the main source in this discussion > is > interesting. > > > He draws no conclusion on the octave of the Bb horns. And he speaks > for a > reductive harmonic analysis, which does not incorporate the main > element of > relevance: Mozarts style of blending or not blending lines in the > bass range. I > don’t say my analysis is right, but I say its subject is important. > > > Klaus > > > > ________________________________ > From: Ralph Hall <[email protected]> > To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 10:25:06 AM > Subject: [Hornlist] K466 > > > Ralph R. Hall > [email protected] > Ralph R. Hall > http://www.brasshausmusic.com > > Interesting discussion on this and the most interesting post was from > Steve Freides who says everything we need to know. > And that's my point - we do need to know these things before we make > musical and judgmental opinions. I've played this concerto a few times > and it is definitely Bb alto. Mozart chooses an unusual key for the > Andante, not F major or D major, but the sub-dominant of the relative > major. It is generally accepted that this concerto presages the > Beethoven concertos, and indeed he was so impressed by it that > Beethoven wrote two cadenzas for it. > > I only proffer this additional information because so many times the > questions and comments on this list seem to speak of a (horn) > community existing in isolation from the rest of our musical > colleagues. Horn players are special - we all know that - otherwise we > wouldn't be playing the damn thing, but when we play we have to > connect both with others, and the music we perform. > > As for Lawrence, I pity working for a conductor, in the Classical > repertoire, who doesn't know what alto and basso mean for the horns. > What else doesn't he/she know about? > > Ralph R. Hall > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ralph%40brasshausmusic.com Ralph R. Hall [email protected] Ralph R. Hall http://www.brasshausmusic.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
