[Hornlist] Horn and High Voice pieces (as well as the not-so-high)
Message text written by The Horn List Okay orchestra, let's take September, once more from the beginning, and down a half-step if you please! Okay, ready...??? Dear All A couple of years ago, I played in a concert at the Telewest Arena in Newcastle-on-Tyne with a tenor singer - whatsisname? - big bloke who always has a white towel with him. At any rate, he did the duet from the end of Act 1 of La Boheme with a superb young soprano; we were using a special set of parts and, half way through there was a funny key change (which was highly unconvincing) and the rest of it was all down a semitone. Mind you, I have known the soprano's last note in this sung offstage by a member of the chorus (earning a fraction of what the Mimi is getting) and we once had to do the whole of Rodolpho's aria down a semitone for the whole run with a tenor from the USA. Unfortunately, one night in Hull we had a deputy 3rd horn who forgot my verbal reminder about this and did not notice the usual 3rd horn's pencil marks. Nor did he understand the muttered comments from the 2nd horn and myself until, in desperation, the 2nd horn got hold of the 3rd horn's instrument and pulled it away from his embouchure. Cheers Paul A. Kampen (W. Yorks UK) ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Actions You've Had to Take During Performances
At 09:23 AM 3/2/2005, Paul Kampen wrote: [...snipped...] Nor did he understand the muttered comments from the 2nd horn and myself until, in desperation, the 2nd horn got hold of the 3rd horn's instrument and pulled it away from his embouchure. This reminded me of a concert I played many years ago in Boston. The 2nd horn player became ill at the last moment, so a student from a famous conservatory in Boston was called in to take his place. (Everyone figured any horn player from this school was automatically excellent, so no one bothered to get referrals, they just called and said send us a horn.) Said player showed up 15 minutes before we started, so I only had time to quickly go over the part with him and attempt to note any important things. Yes, yes, I can read was his response. However, during the actual performance he made several errors, and each time he made an error he would **stop playing, take the pencil from his horn, and circle his error in the part.** After watching this 3 or 4 times, I reached over, took his pencil, and whispered a very specific threat about the damage I would do to him and his instrument if he stopped playing for any reason except to breathe. He got the message. So, anyone else out there with more stories? Margaret Margaret Dikel JCCSO Librarian / Horn / Webmaster 11218 Ashley Drive, Rockville MD 20852 301-881-0122 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jccso.org ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] RE: Horn and High Voice pieces
Available from the IHS Thesis Lending Library: Burroughs, Mary. An Annotated Bibliography of the Works for Horn, Voice and Piano from 1830-1850 with an Analysis of Selected Works from 1830-1986. D.M.A. diss., University of Illinois, 1990. UMI# 90-26150. follow this link: http://www.hornsociety.org/NEWS_INFO/info/thesis_library.html Richard Burdick 1st Horn Regina Symphony Regina, SK Canada Certified Konzertstuckable ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] West Point Band
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Re: [Hornlist] Actions You've Had to Take During Performances
At 9:43 AM -0500 3/2/05, Margaret Dikel wrote: However, during the actual performance he made several errors, and each time he made an error he would **stop playing, take the pencil from his horn, and circle his error in the part.** Greetings - I know a principal hornist in a professional orchestra who does this also. I don't understand why. At first I thought it was to mark places to go over later, but then I realized that wasn't the case, it was simply to mark where errors occurred. Now I think it's a mark of insecurity. There are lots of circles in this players parts. Regards, Carlberg Carlberg Jones Guanajuato, Gto. MEXICO ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Actions You've Had to Take During Performances
One of the more shameful and really the most TERRIBLE music experience in my life was when during my stint at the dinner theatre, our drummer was in an car accident and despite calling the theatre multiple times to explain, no one was able to get him to the right person to talk to or even pass along the message. We held up the show for about 45 minutes or so and eventually one of the stage hands volunteered to play the part, as he was a drummer and knew the book. The music director tried and tried and tried and begged and pleaded to have him NOT play but a non-music person more or less forced it upon us to allow him to play. Now don't get me wrong, CATS isn't exactly as hard as say a Strauss opera, but to a seemingly untrained musician, reading down a part with multiple cuts, unprinted tempo changes driven by the percussion, mixed meter, etc etc etc, it was an absolute DISASTER. We had to start and stop pieces more than once. The mistakes in the percussion caused chain reactions of mistakes in all parts and it was just awful. Needless to say, we took full advantage of the half-priced Perfect Margeritas at Grizzlebee's after the show! Chris --- Margaret Dikel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:23 AM 3/2/2005, Paul Kampen wrote: [...snipped...] Nor did he understand the muttered comments from the 2nd horn and myself until, in desperation, the 2nd horn got hold of the 3rd horn's instrument and pulled it away from his embouchure. This reminded me of a concert I played many years ago in Boston. The 2nd horn player became ill at the last moment, so a student from a famous conservatory in Boston was called in to take his place. (Everyone figured any horn player from this school was automatically excellent, so no one bothered to get referrals, they just called and said send us a horn.) Said player showed up 15 minutes before we started, so I only had time to quickly go over the part with him and attempt to note any important things. Yes, yes, I can read was his response. However, during the actual performance he made several errors, and each time he made an error he would **stop playing, take the pencil from his horn, and circle his error in the part.** After watching this 3 or 4 times, I reached over, took his pencil, and whispered a very specific threat about the damage I would do to him and his instrument if he stopped playing for any reason except to breathe. He got the message. So, anyone else out there with more stories? Margaret Margaret Dikel JCCSO Librarian / Horn / Webmaster 11218 Ashley Drive, Rockville MD 20852 301-881-0122 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jccso.org ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/tedesccj%40yahoo.com __ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] practice mutes
Hello, I'm looking for practice mute, but I couldn't find much reviews on them. Please share your experiences on various practice mutes: which you find good, less good, or terrible? Which mute has best quality for reasonable price? I found that Humes and Berg and Dennis Wick mutes are cheapest and at the moment they are at the top of my list. All recommendations are welcome. Thanks in advance Julius - Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] practice mutes
From: Julius Pranevicius [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I'm looking for practice mute, but I couldn't find much reviews on them. Please share your experiences on various practice mutes: which you find good, less good, or terrible? Which mute has best quality for reasonable price? I found that Humes and Berg and Dennis Wick mutes are cheapest and at the moment they are at the top of my list. All recommendations are welcome. I have the DW and the Yamaha Silent Brass. The Silent Brass without the electronics is by far my preferred tool, but for warming up Farkas style on the F side, where I prefer a stopping mute. I think mine is a Paxman (lacquered brass). The resistance certainly challenges ones breath support musculature to be into a state of awakeness. Klaus ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] practice mutes
I use a Silent Brass mute, which is pretty good [in my opinion] because it offers less resistance than most other mutes. Dave On 02.03.2005, at 15:24, Julius Pranevicius wrote: Hello, I'm looking for practice mute, but I couldn't find much reviews on them. Please share your experiences on various practice mutes: which you find good, less good, or terrible? Which mute has best quality for reasonable price? I found that Humes and Berg and Dennis Wick mutes are cheapest and at the moment they are at the top of my list. All recommendations are welcome. Thanks in advance Julius - Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/morganp2%40msu.edu ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Actions You've Had to Take During Performances (file under: Disasters Narrowly Averted)
So, anyone else out there with more stories? Here's good one, and though I was only a spectator, I was--as 1st horn--waiting to bring my section into battle, making me a most interested, as well as involved, spectator. As you read this, give thanks that not everyone around you has perfect pitch while simultaneously offering double thanks that at least SOME do. There is a compendium of orchestra/choir pieces that were originally--and separately--written to honor fallen cancer victims. It's called, Sing For The Cure, and it's often used as a fund-raiser concert for the Susan G Komen (pardon if my spelling of her name is wrong) Foundation. I've performed it twice, and it's likely that many of you have done likewise in your own region. Well, there is a somewhat-scary part where a trio of ladies must enter into a cascading downward pattern, preceded only by the last notes of the cellos (in a foreign key), and then a few seconds of silence. The soprano has to come in on (I'm going to guess here) a top-staff F# after last having heard only a low Bb from the cello section, and that note having been preceded by several seconds of silence. After the cascading trio entrance, the piano enters in the new key that was established (we hope) by the trio. As you may have guessed, in rehearsals the soprano nailed it EVERY TIME, and the two lower voices that followed her entrance based their pitch, of course, relative to hers. Then came the concert. I sat in the section, ready to follow the piano in after trio. The cellos died away, then silence, then the soprano entered... about a major 2nd low! The other two ladies, of course, entered in this new key established by our, to date, unsuspecting soprano. My wife (2nd horn) turned slowly toward me as a chill spread across the entire orchestra. Everything was okay for the moment, but within the next 6-bars or so the piano was going to come in and, when he did, it was going to a sobering moment of payback for the horrible aural train wreck that was unfolding--in achingly slow-motion--right before our collective ears. It was only my devotion to duty and my horn colleagues that I remained in my seat! Then the pianist's hands raised in preparation of the inevitable... But then something magic happened: The piano entered in IN THE SAME WRONG KEY AS THE SOPRANO STARTED, waited for their note to die, and then deftly modulated--extemporaneously--into the proper key so we horns could enter, shaken but not stirred. What a night! In case you should think I'm embellishing, I'm willing to name names. The brilliant pianist's name is E. Lane Moore, and he is a high-school chorus director near here. In addition to being one the finest musicians I've ever worked with (and there have been some), he also gets my personal lifetime achievement award in the category of, Best Extemporaneous Victory Pulled Kicking And Screaming From The Jaws Of Certain Defeat And Abject Failure. Now if I can only find a large-enough trophy for the inscription! jrc in SC ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Actions You've Had to Take During Performances (file under: D...
It was, or should have been, the Brahms Requiem. All had gone well, the singers were up to the mark, the chorus produced a fine body of sound and the orchestra sounded as good as a student orchestra was going to sound. The local critic had already made up his mind and could well have gone home with promise of yet another glowing report in the Wakefield Observer (or whatever it was called) In the silence before the baritone (tenor?) solo movement we had no inkling of what was to follow. The movement begins with horns and bassoons in unison and octaves. Well, that was how Herr Brahms envisaged it anyway. Someone got it wrong. The poor singer found himself faced with a choice. One or more of the notes was correct, one or more was incorrect. He chose badly. For a couple of bars we felt sorry for him as he stumbled at about a semitone's distance from the strings and woodwind, but our sympathy soon turned to admiration as he stuck to his guns singing, against all odds, his glorious D flats against a universal D natural. And he kept it up for the entire movement and the band played on - Nearer my God to Thee as the ship sank beneath the icy waves. I don't remember his name - he's probably glad. We never really found out who had played the notes of sabotage, but we had our suspicions. We never did the Brahms again. All the best, Lawrence þaes ofereode - þisses swa maeg http://lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Re: Actions You've Had to Take During Performances
Here's an old story told to me by trombonist-conductor Henry Charles Smith III: A trombonist in a major opera orchestra gets called for an outside job that conflicts and he can't find a sub. Desperate, he talks to one of the opera house janitors about subbing for him. The janitor keeps saying No, no, no, I can't play the trombone. The trombonist keeps saying It's not a problem. Just dress in my tails, sit there and wait. When the other trombonists start playing, put the mouthpiece up to your face and move the slide up and down. Nobody will know the difference. Finally convinced, the janitor accepts the gig. The next day, the trombonist sees the janitor and asks How'd it go last night? Terrible! replies the janitor. Did you wear my tails? Yes. Did you sit and wait for the other trombonists to play? Yes. Did you put the mouthpiece to you lips and move the slide up and down, up and down? Yes. Then what on earth went wrong? The other two trombonists were janitors, too! ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Glottic sound
I have recently recommenced horn playing, after an absence of 20 years or so, and am thoroughly enjoying it. However, I am becoming frustrated by a glottic closure type of noise (a gulp of sorts I guess), at initial tonguing. Can anyone help me as to possible causes, and / or tips to help? Thanks, Adam Black ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Natural Mellophone Discovered - First Marching Horn of Its Kind!!!
And, it's for sale!!! Click here: eBay-Artikel 7305166073 (Endet 09.03.05 18:57:09 MEZ ) - Altes Horn Kindestest of Greetonings and Happiestest of Biddonings, Prof. I. M. Gestopftmitscheist Principal 8th horn and Principal 4th Wagner Tuber, Schplittenotendorf am Oedland Staatsoper und Philharmoniker, (ret.) Solo Horn, Exit 2 Brass Quintet Hornist, Broken Winds WW Quintet Solo 4th Horn (Leader, call me for bookings), Smirnoff Horn Quartet Assistant Associate Principal Mellophone, NJ Turnpike Authority Drum and Bugle Corps, The Phantom Lane Changers Hornist as Needed, L'Ensemble du Chambre des Palourdes Principal Natural Horn, I Soloisti di Feces Principal Baroque and Hunting Horn, Camarata Vongoleforte Adjunct, Part-time, Arms-length Professor of Horn and Pest Control, Exit 2 Community College, Exit 2, NJ Author, The Kopprasch Connection, Kopprasch for Fun and Profit, Kopprasch for the New Millenium: Where Do you Fit In? Hooked on Hornonics, and What If Saddam Had Given Ouday and Qusay Olds Ambassador or Conn Pan American Single F Horns and a Kopprasch Book Instead of AK 47's, Booze and Porn? Founder, Director and CEO, Universal Institute for the Study, Preservation and Dissemination of Kopprasch Throughout the Solar System Founder and Guru Extraordinaire, Hornaholics Anonymous Grand Poobah of the Koppraschian Kult Director and Program Manager, The All Kopprasch Channel (AKC), Kopprasch Public Radio (KPR) Host of The Kopprasch Factor on AKC and All Kopprasch Considered on KPR Founder of Kopprasch Depot, your one stop shop for all you need! Interplanetarily Known Soloist and Artist of Record Exclusive Bundy, Carl Fischer, Olds Ambassador, Sansone and Conn Artist Who Does Not Get His Horns For Free Phone: yes Fax: yes E-mail: yes Website: no Good Kopprasch cannot be bargained for. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Natural Mellophone Discovered - First Marching Horn of Its Kind!!!
Surely worth a Jubilare! It is one of the few continental Asian brass instruments with no bad valves. Klaus And, it's for sale!!! Click here: eBay-Artikel 7305166073 (Endet 09.03.05 18:57:09 MEZ ) - Altes Horn Kindestest of Greetonings and Happiestest of Biddonings, Prof. I. M. Gestopftmitscheist Principal 8th horn and Principal 4th Wagner Tuber, Schplittenotendorf am Oedland Staatsoper und Philharmoniker, (ret.) Solo Horn, Exit 2 Brass Quintet Hornist, Broken Winds WW Quintet Solo 4th Horn (Leader, call me for bookings), Smirnoff Horn Quartet Assistant Associate Principal Mellophone, NJ Turnpike Authority Drum and Bugle Corps, The Phantom Lane Changers Hornist as Needed, L'Ensemble du Chambre des Palourdes Principal Natural Horn, I Soloisti di Feces Principal Baroque and Hunting Horn, Camarata Vongoleforte Adjunct, Part-time, Arms-length Professor of Horn and Pest Control, Exit 2 Community College, Exit 2, NJ Author, The Kopprasch Connection, Kopprasch for Fun and Profit, Kopprasch for the New Millenium: Where Do you Fit In? Hooked on Hornonics, and What If Saddam Had Given Ouday and Qusay Olds Ambassador or Conn Pan American Single F Horns and a Kopprasch Book Instead of AK 47's, Booze and Porn? Founder, Director and CEO, Universal Institute for the Study, Preservation and Dissemination of Kopprasch Throughout the Solar System Founder and Guru Extraordinaire, Hornaholics Anonymous Grand Poobah of the Koppraschian Kult Director and Program Manager, The All Kopprasch Channel (AKC), Kopprasch Public Radio (KPR) Host of The Kopprasch Factor on AKC and All Kopprasch Considered on KPR Founder of Kopprasch Depot, your one stop shop for all you need! Interplanetarily Known Soloist and Artist of Record Exclusive Bundy, Carl Fischer, Olds Ambassador, Sansone and Conn Artist Who Does Not Get His Horns For Free Phone: yes Fax: yes E-mail: yes Website: no Good Kopprasch cannot be bargained for. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/k-bone%40mail.dk ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Natural Mellophone Discovered - First Marching Horn ofIts Kind!!!
AND it's sehr Dekorativ! There must be a TGI Friday's somewhere that hasn't been fully decorated yet. John Baumgart - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: horn@music.memphis.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 5:22 PM Subject: [Hornlist] Natural Mellophone Discovered - First Marching Horn ofIts Kind!!! And, it's for sale!!! Click here: eBay-Artikel 7305166073 (Endet 09.03.05 18:57:09 MEZ ) - Altes Horn Kindestest of Greetonings and Happiestest of Biddonings, Prof. I. M. Gestopftmitscheist ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Speaking of music for voice and horn...
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[Hornlist] Recycled Music...
You know, the motif that occurs in twice in the first movement of the 3rd Mozart Horn concerto (la da da da, la da da da, la da da da dee)? Well I heard that same motif several times in one of Mozart's Piano concertos, and I wonder if anyone on the list has the number of that particular piano concerto. Thanks! Also if anyone has any other information to where themes in Mozart Horn concertos have ended up in other Mozart works (or other non-Mozart) works, I'd sure love to know about it. -William ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
