I've never played these part or heard them in Alto, only in Basso. Simon >-- Original Message -- >Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:15:32 +0200 >From: Daniel Canarutto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: horn@music.memphis.edu >Subject: [Hornlist] Verdi Requiem >Reply-To: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu> > > >Horns III & IV in Verdi Requiem have Nr.1 written for horn in A, and >Nr.3 written for horn in Ab. I'm pretty sure that these are A basso >and Ab basso, but I'd appreciate an authoritative confirmation since >the conductor (a fine singer and choir master) says she does not >really know. > >These parts are fairly chromatic at places, and I wonder why they >were not all written for horn in F, since when Verdi wrote this work >the valved F horn should have been the standard instrument... am I >wrong? > >By the way, if anybody is planning to be in Florence on october 23, >you can find the play-bill at >http://poincare.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/23ottobre05/ > >Daniel >_______________________________________________ >post: horn@music.memphis.edu >unsubscribe or set options at >http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/amade%40lineone.net
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