Sorry, Eric, if scored for "corno secundo", it means, it was scored for a player who had everything except the extrem high register , the clarino register. The modern horn player. The extreme high players were named "Prim Hornist" (Corno primo). Leutgeb was a "corno secundo". In Beethovens symphony nop.9 there are brilliant samples of "battere come secundo corno" (in the 12/8 rhythm, the triades). ============================================================ ================================================
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 9:44 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Warning -> Horn Related 4th Horn Solo Beethoven's 9th I won't try to answer explain modern day practice but in answer to your question: > Why did Beethoven > score it for 4th > Horn if the Principal would end up playing it? Was there that much > difference between expectations of 4th Horns players when he completed > the work and today? Beethoven did not score that part for 4th horn, he scored it for second horn--the second of the pair in Eb. It is a classic Beethoven second horn solo. Our modern day concept of 4th horn did not exit in Beethoven's time. The only situation where horns would be numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 is if they were all in the same key. Eric James _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka.d e _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
