Thank you and thanks to Kjellrun for your replies. -S-
> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Mansur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:51 PM > To: The Horn List > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Beethoven #1, Horn in C - Alto or Basso? > > Beethoven 1 is Horn in C basso, down a P4 for playing a horn in F. > > Paul Mansur > On Oct 28, 2008, at 12:36 PM, Steve Freides wrote: > > > I was looking at a score of Beethoven Symphony #1 and saw a pair of > > horns in C - does one assume this to be concert pitch (up a > fifth) or > > C basso (down a fourth and therefore 1 octave below concert pitch) > > from the usual Horn in F? > > Just from the looks of the part, I am guessing it's > C-basso. I don't > > know this symphony very well, I'm afraid, and I've never > played it on > > the horn, but I can say that it would be, at least for me, > so high as > > to be impossible to play in C-alto. (Unless I've > misunderstood, which > > is completely possible, how these transpositions work.) > > > > The score I was looking at is here > > > > http://imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/c/cc/IMSLP13842-Beethoven_- > > _Symphony_N > > o.1__Mvt.I__ed._Unger_.pdf > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > -S- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.7.6/1710 - Release Date: > > 10/28/2008 > > 10:04 AM > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > > unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/ > > options/horn/p_mansur1%40comcast.net > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steve%40fridays computer.com > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.7.6/1710 - Release > Date: 10/28/2008 10:04 AM > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
