Interestingly, Faure composed his Requiem for strings without violins (except for one solo line), 2 horns, and maybe a bassoon. His publisher requested an EXPANDED version for full orchestra for the same reasons cited below.
Eric James On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 06:42:57 -0700 (PDT), David Jewell wrote: > > Hi Walt - the Durufle is originally scored for full > orchestra, chorus, and organ. Eventually there was a > "condensed" version for strings and trumpets, which is > what you have. It would certainly make discussions of > these type of questions easier if more people were > aware of the fact that many famous "grand" compositions > have been rescored for smaller forces. Most composers > of the recent past, urged on by their publishers made > the rearrangements to generate more performances and > thus more sales of the music. Best wishes for the > performance, it is truly a 20th century masterpiece. > paxmaha > > Walt Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The version he was given is scored for strings, organ > and three trumpets. Since I can transpose, I will do > the third trumpet part. We have decided not use our > Tuba player who is pretty close to the end of his > semester at the University of Michigan, > where he's a doctoral student in Tuba performance, and > he's glad he doesn't > have to do this gig... > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25� > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/eric_d_james%40canada.com _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
