On Oct 26, 2007, at 10:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:51:31 -0700 (PDT)
from: David Jewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Horn Digest, Vol 58, Issue 25 Following
the quote
I think this thread makes it perfectly clear that the horn is an
instrument of the Devil. Obviously this thread has been hijacked by
some force or other. NOt only that but my spell checker has stopped
working!
I never said I disliked the quote Mr. Rider, I simply have never
heard that opinion expressed before - although I have heard it said
that horn players are related to the Devil [think usage of the word
"spawn"]. I heard the information about the German translation
on some radio/musicological discussion, perhaps either "Adventures
in Good Music" or "The Record Shelf," but it was several years ago.
Paxmaha
Interesting!
But who is this Paxmaha person or entity anyway? What does it mean?
Paxmaha? I don't know. Is it Latin? It just sounds kind of creepy and
perhaps of the Devil! I never liked that word "spawn" either.
Wendell Rider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Oct 25, 2007, at
10:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
from: David Jewell
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Horn Digest, Vol 58, Issue 23
First a Question, then an opinion. The question is: Where did the
idea in the following recent quote come from?
"Besides, the horn is the instrument of the devil and we don't
want that in a sacred work, do we?
Steve Burian"
Maybe Steve is the devil? I'm not the Devil. Of course if I was the
Devil I would surely try to deceive all of you. Steve, did you make
all this up just to incite this chaos? I'm feeling dizzy now.
Now the opinion:
There is also the fact that there are extra-musical conventions
at work here. In Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible,
the "last trump" is actually translated as "last trombone" so
that when one would normally think of using the trumpet for that
symbolism, most German language speakers would automatically
associate the trombone instead. So that we have the trombones
being used for the symbological value to illustrate the text as
much as simply for the sonority desired.
Paxmaha
Wendell Rider wrote:
Hi,I think many good answers and thoughts have been expressed and
the above is one of them. ...Other sacred works, written earlier,
have horn parts along with the trombones, but the trombones almost
always have much more substantial roles.
Wendell Rider
For information about my book, "Real World Horn Playing", the DVDs
and Regular and Internet Horn Lessons go to my website: http://
www.wendellworld.com
Hi,
Answer: I thought it up all by myself. I don't know why others use
it. Actually I used to use an email program in the ancient times that
only did it that way and I grew to like, even love it. Sorry if you
don't like it. I have the same problem with looking at answers and
then seeing what they were talking about down the page. I can see
pros and cons for both sides. Maybe I will compromise and do it only
half the time. ; )
OK, this paragraph was intended for another forum and the Devil must
have made me paste it in wrong. I had nothing to do with that quote,
honest. It was all Steve's fault.
As far as your opinion goes, I find it very interesting. I almost
flunked German in high school.
Actually I made a deal with the Devil to get an A in German so I
could graduate with honors and impress my German speaking girlfriend
who loved to read Goethe and played the cello- a known instrument of
the Devil..
Sincerely,
Wendell Rider
For information about my book, "Real World Horn Playing", the DVDs
and Regular and Internet Horn Lessons go to my website: http://
www.wendellworld.com
I just realized that I live on Luther Street and my address adds up
to 6!
Gotta go,
Wendell Rider
For information about my book, "Real World Horn Playing", the DVDs
and Regular and Internet Horn Lessons go to my website: http://
www.wendellworld.com
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