You beat me to the email machine! You are quite right. Professor Pizka while a busy man has addressed this on his website. < http://www.pizka.de/GMahler2.htm>. Schmetternd is stylistic in origin and does not refer to bell position. I would side more with the brassy than the blaring if at all possible and within good taste (?!?!?). The Jack Attack! ********************* Richard in Seattle writes: I always thought that "Schalltricher auf" or similar phrases meant "bells up," and that "schmetternd" (brassy or blaring) was a stylistic indication. In other words, a horn can be played in a loud and blaring fashion (that is, on purpose) without resorting to bells up. Have I been playing Mahler wrong all these years?
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