Years ago I had just found out about that aria and found it in the collected works (a book in a library!!!) and written the horn part out by hand. At one of the Horn Workshops, Dick Merewether was manning the Paxman booth. I picked up a descant and played just the first few notes of that aria and Dick immediately sprang into action, picked up another descant and began playing the aria beautifully. He played a few phrases, then stopped and said "Well I really should stop, my doctor tells me I shouldn't play high notes anymore".
- Steve Mumford Steve Haflich wrote: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The interesting discussion so far has been whether normal players should mostly stick with a double, or whether it makes sense to walk on stage daily with a triple. Although I have previously contributed to the triple thread, I'd like to shut it down out of embarassment with this post. It is certainly true that many skilled players use triples these days. Someday some brasswhacker will invent a quadruple horn, and these same artists will rush out to buy one. Meanwhile, I call your attention to these two youtube links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs3UtfOpi1k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neq0xsvaRUQ&feature=related The second link has a helpful follow-along horn part, but the first is more impressive, despite being a noisy poor-quality dub from vinyl. It wasn't played on a triple. It wasn't played on a double. It wasn't even played on a single. Evidence is that it was played on a steenking Bb alto baroque horn without valves. You tripleholics may have to wait until someone invents a quintuple horn before any of you replaces Baumann... _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
