RE: [Hornlist] Brass protectors and Christmas tree ornaments

2004-05-16 Thread Hans Pizka
The other options are very simple: Go to a super market & get few of these cheap micro fibre small towels. Whip the finger prints off your horn during playing breaks or practising breaks. The horn will remain shiny for quite some time, a year or more. If it gets too tarnished, clean it with a mild

RE: [Hornlist] Rosetti Cto for 2 horns

2004-05-15 Thread Hans Pizka
It is Klaus Wallendorf not Wallenburg, my former assoc. principal here in Munich. He left for Berlin in 1980. The recording is great, but was done several years ago. I wonder, why it took so long to arrive there. The music is from my publishing. ===

RE: [Hornlist] seigfried's long call

2004-05-10 Thread Hans Pizka
Meistersinger. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David B. Thompson Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:53 AM To: 'Old Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] seigfried's long call Hans Pizka

RE: [Hornlist] RE: Long, nice, last call

2004-05-10 Thread Hans Pizka
As you played it, your LAST CALL as a CLOSE CALL it was a CLOSET CALL perhaps (see the reaction of the management). What means "they NEARLY fired me" ? And I have to protest strongly: I WAS NOT PRESENT THERE, perhaps a clone, - otherwise I had FIRED you because of a CLOSET CALL (that´s the one we

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Weird Colors

2004-05-08 Thread Hans Pizka
That´s the same with spectacles. If you clean them, but the towel has just a minimum of grease from your fingers probably, you will have a light rainbow effect on the spectacles. = -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[E

RE: [Hornlist] Short Call

2004-05-05 Thread Hans Pizka
What Long Call do you have ? The one with three separate signals or the one with more signals, all off them separated by fermatas, wher Fermata means a hold. If the Long Call you have consists of just three signals, it is the Short Call. The Short Call & some further similar Short Calls are from G

RE: [Hornlist] seigfried's long call

2004-05-05 Thread Hans Pizka
e "Schnipsel Techique" (= takes > & cuts & takes & cuts again, but with superb result). There was no > audience. > === > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Grae

RE: [Hornlist] Kling vs. Wurm

2004-05-04 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Robert, as far as I know, Henri Kling was not a thieve. He composed all by himself. You thinking of Wilhelm Wurm 1826 Braunschweig to 1904 St.Petersburg ? Kindest greetings Hans == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

RE: [Hornlist] seigfried's long call

2004-05-04 Thread Hans Pizka
The Long Call is in the second Act of Siegfried just about 34 minutes after the beginning. I have recorded the RING (live) three times total. Two sets (Wolfgang Sawallisch & Gustav Kuhn) are available, no three will be on the market in some time (Zubin Mehta). The no.4 set was a concertante produc

RE: [Hornlist] tuning the horn

2004-05-03 Thread Hans Pizka
If you would read tzhe answers you receive here on the list, you would know the right way to tune the horn. I repeat it here, you have to use the best in tune pitches of both sides to tune according to the "a" form the piano. Play the (concert) f1, which is our c2 in the 2nd space from top or 3rd

RE: [Hornlist] how much is too much (dents)

2004-05-03 Thread Hans Pizka
INSANE - INSANE - INSANE - are we living in the Stone Ages or Middle Ages ??? Why not wrapping the whole horn with plastic tape, best of blue or red or yellow colour, so the horn´s surface will not be damaged by fingerprints & will never need any polishing. There will never occur the bad effect of

RE: [Hornlist] tuning the horn

2004-05-03 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Benno, verzapf doch nicht diesen Unsinn, bitte. The main tuning slides need to be pulled out, as the horn is designed to fit different environment. Temperature has a certain influence to tuning. Orchestra tradition is different in the world. USA orchestras have a lower "a" than European orche

RE: [Hornlist] Beethoven Quintet for 3 horns, oboe and bassoon

2004-05-02 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Bob, I published this piece with an additional double bass. But it can be left off. The other parts are like the original. Will send it to you (please send me your postal address off list) plus the promised CD (no charge for the CD). -

RE: [Hornlist] Mouthpiece specialist

2004-05-01 Thread Hans Pizka
If the mouth piece is more or less corresponding with the instrument, THE PLAYER HAS TO ADAPT HIS LIPS (better said: has to get his lips used to the mouthpiece) TO THE MOUTHPIECE. Admitted, there are some better designed mouth pieces today than in the past. Better designed means here that some cur

RE: [Hornlist] low register

2004-04-29 Thread Hans Pizka
But, William, how about the sound quality of the low notes if played on the F alto ? All overtones gone ? It is a fact that the F alto just sounds as the main tone without all co-sounding overtones. But it can be precise, off course. The Bb side is better for technical things in the low range, you

RE: [Hornlist] Meistersinger

2004-04-29 Thread Hans Pizka
As usual, I played act 1 & 2, Siegfried Machata Act 3. When we recorded that, Sawallisch rushed the recording. Not many breakes. I remembering doing the 2nd Act finale three or four times in a row, not because of the horns, but because of something in the strings or woods. We got not a single word

[Hornlist] auction

2004-04-28 Thread Hans Pizka
As nobody but one showed any interest in the announced auction of three valuable horn methods of the past, I close the auction early & sell the books top the one single bidder at opening price. But be aware, more valuable horn documents & manuscripts will be auctioned later, giving preference to t

[Hornlist] stage fright

2004-04-27 Thread Hans Pizka
About the stage fright: One has to know, why stage fright does come. Nervousity is not stage fright. Excitement is not stage fright. But over-nervousity and over-excitement lead to stage fright. Inadequate preparation leads to stage fright, - no wonder. Adequate preparation, but missing fundame

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Book on stage fright and mental aspects of playinghorn

2004-04-26 Thread Hans Pizka
And in my section there is nobody taking any drugs as sedative for any rehearsal or concert or other performance. So this conductor lives in his "wish-to-be world". But I know a lot of conductors who "sniff" before the concert, or drink themselves to courage or excitement. When I said : " stage fri

[Hornlist] Mozart´s Il Seraglio

2004-04-23 Thread Hans Pizka
We had a new production of Mozart´s "Il Seraglio" last season. Daniel Harding conducted. There was a fixed setting in the orchestra, means, we were not allowed to switch service. Well, my colleague did the job. But we have got a new conductor since, Harry Bicket, of whom I reported the review he re

RE: [Hornlist] Low Register (Otto Nicolai Horn duets)

2004-04-23 Thread Hans Pizka
What is the problem here ? Buying a mouthpiece here, buying a mouthpiece there, just because a colleague recommended that ? INSANE ! Learning the technique to cover the horns whole range with ONE SINGLE mouthpiece, with a real horn mouthpiece. And the range must be acquired by the right practise n

[Hornlist] old horn methods

2004-04-23 Thread Hans Pizka
Searching in my archive I found some surplus copies of old horn methods, which I will auction here on the list. They are: Joseph Mohr ( 1823-91), high exponent of the hand horn technique: Methode de premier & de second Cor, published by Leduc 1869, original publication, soft cover, format 11,6 x

[Hornlist] review (fun)

2004-04-22 Thread Hans Pizka
We performed Mozarts "Serail" as a reprise but with a new conductor, who got several rehearsals. The critic wrote: " the strange production & the brave conductor Harry Bicket could not irritate the audience even the conductor showed a strong inclination to Tohuwabohu (Finale) " Sorry, friend

RE: [Hornlist] Re: high notes

2004-04-21 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Steve, even you said the right things here, you missed something. Why the alterated fingerings for the high notes & the better result ? Because the students were playing higher harmonics on longer horns. The longer the horn the higher you might climb, very old rule & fact. The high c3 is play

RE: [Hornlist] High Register

2004-04-21 Thread Hans Pizka
Michael, is the warm up fun ? Is warming up the muscles fun for the athletes ? Every day ? No. It is part of the life. Playing 2 1/2 years & practising the amount you said Shame upon you, when speaking of high notes difficulty at a2. At your age ? You are not a small kid anymore ! If you wo

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Weber Concertino

2004-04-17 Thread Hans Pizka
If the voice is a male voice, things go easy, but we have two ways now: 1st: the all original (authentic) way, which is quoted or asked for so often - This makes it impossible to do the Weber without the chords. 2nd: the alternative way, which allows any adaption if the piece itself is not altere

RE: [Hornlist] Re: transposing in D

2004-04-17 Thread Hans Pizka
Perfect !!! == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Dutton Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 9:21 PM To: Memphis Hornlist Subject: [Hornlist] Re: transposing in D Steve wrote: Transposition is very easy if you k

RE: [Hornlist] Transposing in D

2004-04-17 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Bruce, well, Mike works hard, but he watches too much the TV perhaps or he is missing most of the basic musical education. This is a main problem for many players outside areas with proper music schooling facilities or even basic music education as part of the regular curriculum of the school

[Hornlist] Bayerische Staatsoper schedule

2004-04-15 Thread Hans Pizka
Between Jan 17 & Feb 15, 2004: 17 dress rehearsal Roberto Devereux evening La Cenerentola, 18 Xerse (Handel), 19: Roberto Devereux premiere, 20: rehearsal Rheingold all, ev: Nutcracker, 21: Rheingold, 22: Walkuere reh., ev: Ballet 2 horns, 23: Walkuere reh., ev. Roberto, 24: Rheingold, 25: La Travi

RE: [Hornlist] Bayerische Staatsoper

2004-04-15 Thread Hans Pizka
bers. == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Marlatt Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 2:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] Bayerische Staatsoper Hans Pizka: >I better leave no for another "Parsifal" starting in two ho

RE: [Hornlist] New invention

2004-04-15 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Lawrence, I second that request, but regarding ErgoHorn I might ask, how about those who swivel around on their seat or dance-swing with their horn, as so often noted in auditions ? Big trouble then in the orchestra. And what to do during rests ? How to water empty the horn without any clonk

RE: [Hornlist] RE: Mozart 12 Duets K.V. 487 - Transpositions?

2004-04-15 Thread Hans Pizka
If he talks about the initial note as (originally) a(1) second space a, he thinks in concert pitch but played on F-Horn, as the initial note is annotated as e2 (1st space from top) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mail

RE: [Hornlist] Slide Lubricants

2004-04-15 Thread Hans Pizka
To clarify it: gulden means golden. There was also the "dukat", finally of 3,49 grs gold at 986/1000. The name "ducat" or "ducatus" deriving from "duce" or "doge" or "duke" as first produced by Duke Dandolo in Venice in the late 13th century.

RE: [Hornlist] RE: Mozart 12 Duets K.V. 487 - Transpositions?

2004-04-15 Thread Hans Pizka
Jack, you should read my first message again, when I asked you mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Garrett Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] RE: Mozart 12 Duets K.V. 487 - Transpositions? Thank you very much for this wealth of information, Pro

RE: [Hornlist] Currency (was: Slide Lubricants) NHR

2004-04-14 Thread Hans Pizka
Incorrect Again, the small coin in Thailand would be "satang" not "baht". -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Marlatt Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Hornlist] virus

2004-04-14 Thread Hans Pizka
Milton, these mail comes from a camouflage computer generated address & uses all available addresses (scanned from internet) to camouflage the origin of the SPAM. Special dangerous are the obviously fake Microsoft messages or messages like "your PC has been scanned" or "you have been on watch beca

RE: [Hornlist] virus

2004-04-14 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Milton, I am receiving W32Kletzky virus anytime I download my mail. They have a SPAM filter at t-online (the biggest German), but with rather mediocre effect as the SPAMMERS use all tricks to hide the key words. Well, I can live with that. But I do not understand, how the Kletzky virus gets t

RE: [Hornlist] Mozart 12 Duets K.V. 487 - Transpositions?

2004-04-13 Thread Hans Pizka
There is a lot of stupidity & ignorance regarding these duets, special by non horn playing musicologists. Several horn playing musicologists follow up very close. How did Mozart note down these duets ? He did it the same way other horn player composers did, while drinking with friends, during a bo

RE: [Hornlist] Freddy Vogelgesang solos on Brahms trio

2004-04-12 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Peter, I have the LP, but cannot find it in my archive, but have a casette copy fortunately. Can convert it to CD, eventually, for you. During the search for this tape, I discovered some other tapes & cassettes: Joseph Eger playing Peter Jona Korn´s Concertino op.15 (Radio Orchestra Vienna),

[Hornlist] expression

2004-04-12 Thread Hans Pizka
We played Parsifal last night, the 5 1/2 hours opera by Wagner. He called it "Buehnenweihefestspiel" = difficult to translate, but I try: "Theatralic passion play", where passion means the Christian way of passion, as the Holy Friday ceremony is part of the play. Well, this piece is full, very ful

RE: [Hornlist] help

2004-04-12 Thread Hans Pizka
First: throw the tuner out of your practice room & use your ear to correct pitches. If the slides are set once, they should stay so. Just remember how far they have to be pulled out each. Remember that the Bb-slides (the lower set) have to be pulled out just a bit less than the F-slides. Get the S

[Hornlist] various advices

2004-04-11 Thread Hans Pizka
I noticed over the years, that too many mailing in their answers & their advice, tend to much to "speak them right after their mouth" - understood. This does not help. Just critic & realism will help, everything expressed honestly. Prof.Hans Pizka, Pf.1136 D-85541 Kirchheim - Germany Fax: 49 89 9

RE: [Hornlist] Lopsided embouchre?

2004-04-10 Thread Hans Pizka
It means two defects in one: 1) you are still not able to keep your lip muscles under control 2) you still play with too much air pressure. BTW, buzzing does not work as any preparation for the embouchure. It might help for a relax, but one buzz would be enough to release the tension. How about L

RE: [Hornlist] RE: teaching musicality

2004-04-07 Thread Hans Pizka
William, it is not important to be a leader in the music field, but being able to participate on activities delighting listeners to music, that´s worth the effort anyway. It does not depend on the level or size of the group you particite. But all music activity must be taken seriously, special as t

RE: [Hornlist] RE: teaching musicality

2004-04-06 Thread Hans Pizka
You are right absolutely, Cathryn. Both is necessary: innate musicality plus a very careful guidance by an understanding & helpful teacher to "develop" the "raw material". If the student has the right (self controlled) ambition and the perfect anatomy for the particular instrument, including the st

RE: [Hornlist] Pictures at an Exhibition

2004-04-06 Thread Hans Pizka
I second that, Paul !!! Reminds me of Igor Markevich, who screemed "cuivre, cuivre " & we blew as brassy as possible & he shouted again "Hrns, CUIVRE, CUIVRE !", so I asked him to explain to us what he wanted with "cuivre". His reply: "STOPPING". So you can see, how we suffer under some of t

RE: [Hornlist] Pictures at an Exhibition

2004-04-05 Thread Hans Pizka
Tell the conductor he or she should take a French/English dictionary at hand. Hauteur = height, reelle = real. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jgschreck Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 9

RE: [Hornlist] Marching Band Challenges

2004-04-05 Thread Hans Pizka
Are you joking ? I have never seen nor heard that band musicians concentrated on a marching shop, have ever adjusted slides or lips during such a performance to compensate the Doppler effect. If you play with relaxed embouchure & not so loud as usual, thing go by far better than while playing so o

RE: [Hornlist] RE: [Horn list] Re:Brain playing Jacob

2004-04-05 Thread Hans Pizka
It is not on CD, it was on LP, long time ago. === -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of COLIN WAYLETT Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 9:00 AM To: jgschreck; The Horn List Subject: [Hornlist] RE: [Horn list] Re

RE: [Hornlist] Horn section for hire?

2004-04-04 Thread Hans Pizka
And the "Duo Kontarsky (the two brothers pianists) booked a flight somewhere in Brazil and got just one seat reserved upon the name "Duo Kontarsky". Or the famous poster in Vienna, announcing the premiere of the new production of Trobadour in the State Opera: Il Trovatore Director: Herbert von Ka

RE: [Hornlist] Re: [Horn] Audition, tuning

2004-04-04 Thread Hans Pizka
You are right absolutely. We suffer due to this fact since years. And, these people (result of teaching) really think, they are musical. They become quite good players or even very good players, but have musicality just for 2 cents, if at all. ===

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Marching Band and Tuning Slides

2004-04-04 Thread Hans Pizka
Error again, it was not a small number who applied for the vacant job. Only 25 were selected out of 75 - 100, but just 19 presented themselves to the jury. According to the credential they had sent in, we expected an audition with high level of playing, but we all were very disappointed about the r

RE: [Hornlist] Marching and hornplaying

2004-04-04 Thread Hans Pizka
It definitely depends upon the quality of the band & how you perform there. Dennis Brain was definitely in the Air Force Concert Band - a big difference. And British is British also (tradition). And he joined the band, when he was a soloist already. Another difference. =

RE: [Hornlist] Re: [Horn] Audition, tuning

2004-04-04 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Charles, still in search for a beautiful horn ? Let me know. To your letter: BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO - I could not express it better. Answer to the rhetorical question: definitely NO. But the teacher can cultivate it & guide it, if musicality exists. Musicality is a very complex thing & cannot

RE: [Hornlist] Emphasis on Marching

2004-04-04 Thread Hans Pizka
Yes, you are right Dave, the mouth takes a bigger bite than stomach might be able to digest. That´s with the band conductors (or - often - amateur orchestra conductors or conductors of community orchestras), who often become megalomaniac dreaming of international competitions & careers, losing any

RE: [Hornlist] Marching Band and TUning slides

2004-04-03 Thread Hans Pizka
Hoss, have you ever auditioned, I mean, really, for a professional orchestra ? You have no idea about. A professional orchestra is different from a community or conservatory orchestra. Tuning is not the business of the committee. The committee expects, that the candidates present themselves with a

RE: [Hornlist] RE: Emphasis on Marching

2004-04-03 Thread Hans Pizka
Michael, you are on the right path. You know, why many people like marching & marching band ? Marching & marching in the band does not requite much brain & much responsibility.

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Munich audition tuning....Hans

2004-04-03 Thread Hans Pizka
I will consider your advice for the next audition, dear friend. The conductor of the Railway band was a real conductor & a composer, as most of the old fashion Austrian former military musicians were -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:

RE: [Hornlist] FOUL!

2004-04-02 Thread Hans Pizka
Ha, ha, ho, ho, you fell into the trap. And people here fall in the trap also by imitating your band dance shows, but cannot match the high level of many bands in your country. Imitation is not good, if it has no background. Lets turn it around: imitation is good only, if it has a background. And

RE: [Hornlist] Emphasis on Marching

2004-04-02 Thread Hans Pizka
Margaret, you think I have no experience with Brass Band or Military Band (this is our naming in contrary to yours: Marching Band). I joined a semi professional band (Railway) when I was eleven, playing first horn: marches (and we marched also, even in the rain), waltzes, ouvertures, fantasies, sou

RE: [Hornlist] Munich audition tuning....Hans

2004-04-02 Thread Hans Pizka
First: we do not invite candidates from outside Europe. They must live here before we invite them. Citizenship does not matter (they actually originated from 3 continents, but not the USA) Second: tuning has nothing to do with taste. As "tuned" means something "absolute" there is no choice left.

RE: [Hornlist] Re:Brain playing Jacob

2004-04-02 Thread Hans Pizka
D). I'd love an opportunity to hear Brain play the Jacob. Is it possible to procure a recording these days? John Schreckengost [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans Pizka) > subject: RE: [Hornlist] vibrato and Myron Bloom > > Did you ever listen Dennis Brain playing Gordo

[Hornlist] auditions

2004-04-02 Thread Hans Pizka
We had another audition yesterday with 19 candidates, but without result. They tune their horn with concert Bb, a pitch not perfect in tune on the Bb-horn (written f1, first space from below). The whole horn will be flat then. The high f2 (concert b, first line on top) is also not suited for tuning

RE: [Hornlist] Emphasis on Marching

2004-04-02 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Margaret, your emphatic letter about the importance of the band activity reminds me, that there was (long time ago) a enormous movement here in Europe (Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary) regarding putting all in uniforms, marching & marching again. Music was involved, but the

[Hornlist] again as it might not have come through

2004-04-02 Thread Hans Pizka
Did you ever listen Dennis Brain playing Gordon Jacob or Schoeck Concerto. He was just 35 when he played these concertos for these live recordings. Still the highest example how music of the 20th century could be interpreted most mature, so everybody can understand it. And technical shortcomings ?

RE: [Hornlist] Emphasis on Marching

2004-04-02 Thread Hans Pizka
Michael, again, it should NOT read "bad activity" but "BAND ACTIVITY". Sorry about the typo. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 6:03 AM To: 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Emphasis on Marching Michael

RE: [Hornlist] vibrato and Myron Bloom

2004-04-01 Thread Hans Pizka
Did you ever listen Dennis Brain playing Gordon Jacob or Schoeck Concerto. He was just 35 when he played these concertos for these live recordings. Still the highest example how music of the 20th century could be interpreted most mature, so everybody can understand it. And technical shortcomings ?

RE: [Hornlist] Don't worry

2004-04-01 Thread Hans Pizka
Steve, people buy cheap horns new from the factory. They become hysterical about oiling, greasing, polishing, cleaning, greasing again, dismantling, mounting, dismantle, oils, snake brushes etc. They exaggerate all these practice until the horn is broken regarding valves, slides etc. The valves, w

[Hornlist] Oooops

2004-03-31 Thread Hans Pizka
To Benno Heinemann: A horn teacher, persuading a student to adopt the Bb-horn after conquering a C-major scale on the F-Horn, is not a responsible teacher for horn. As you said, the F-Horn is a great help to develop a good tone quality & to develop a fine brass player technique (like in sports: tr

RE: [Hornlist] F or Bb single??

2004-03-31 Thread Hans Pizka
An Benno Heinemann: Also, ein Hornlehrer, der seinen Schüler schon nach Beherrschen der C-Dur Tonleiter auf auf dem F-Horn zum B-Horn verführt, ist kein verantwortungsvoller Lehrer. Wie Sie gut sagen, ist jetzt das F-Horn eine große Hilfe zu guter Tonqualität und zur Entwicklung der Bläsertechnik

RE: [Hornlist] English Phonetics for Latin 'Pacem'NHR

2004-03-31 Thread Hans Pizka
And in Ben Hur the Romans spoke English, while the Jews spoke American English, quite a clever distinction. They did similar in a English language Ring production in Saddler Wells Opera in London some thirty or fourty years ago using singers of Welsh (Walis) decent for the gods, American singers f

RE: [Hornlist] Horn section for hire?

2004-03-31 Thread Hans Pizka
Reminds me of the BBC announcement: .Adagio & Allegro op.70 for value horn & piano by Robert Schumann ... Off course, if you don’t use a valve horn for this piece, you should have a value horn at least, but it would not help much.

RE: [Hornlist] English Phonetics for Latin 'Pacem'

2004-03-31 Thread Hans Pizka
And: "keh-teh-room kane-sae-oh Khahr-tuh-gee-name ehs-seh dae-lane-dum ! Kae-sahr ! Cut-tea-lee-nah" - "Koh-daxe khee-fee-lees" - "kane-too-ree-oh" There is still the division between the "C" as "kh" or as "c" schools of Latin. Sorry, we have no audible records, except perhaps "catalan" or "cast

RE: [Hornlist] Re: F or Bb single??

2004-03-31 Thread Hans Pizka
Hello Ron, that´s the difference with e.g. Germany, Austria & other European countries. This kind of frustration cannot happen here, as the teachers here are not just so-so trained, quasi "en-passant". And for our school orchestras or even bands, playing music comes before marching activities.

RE: [Hornlist] Phonetics

2004-03-31 Thread Hans Pizka
Perfect answer, perfect. == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] Phonetics Jim T wondered We're singing Haydn's

RE: [Hornlist] English Phonetics for Latin 'Pacem'

2004-03-31 Thread Hans Pizka
German Latin is different: "Dona nobis pacem" would be "doh-nah noh-bis pah-tsame", in Italianisated Latin: " doh-nah noh-bis pah-tshame", with the last syllable quite short. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Herbert Foster Sent: Wednesday, M

[Hornlist] question

2004-03-29 Thread Hans Pizka
I would like to know, who as a professional principal horn is here on the list (besides Prof.Gestopftmitscheisst). Please answer privately, I will keep the secret, as I still keep the secret about Lautbar. Prof.Hans Pizka, Pf.1136 D-85541 Kirchheim - Germany Fax: 49 89 903-9414 Phone: 903-9548 hom

RE: [Hornlist] More money!

2004-03-29 Thread Hans Pizka
After reading this article, I can just wonder how much on information these journalist might have & how sloppy they are. Yes, orchestra musicians can receive up to 4.000 pound sterling a month, but just in the highest class orchestras. My orchestra is regarded as to belong to the highest paid or

RE: [Hornlist] Factory defects, and something you can do  about it

2004-03-28 Thread Hans Pizka
Off course, these two makers inspect their own products by themselves or/and maker them by themselves. And to quote Bill Bamberg: This is again the usual hyper nationalistic misunderstanding. I did not blame the Americans per se, but the system. The SYSTEM: gaining more money, but spending a m

RE: [Hornlist] A Scratch on the horn

2004-03-28 Thread Hans Pizka
Be assured, Michael, there will come dents & scratches once a while. The horn will suffer NO damage, if you don’t touch it. Again, if there has a chip of nickel plating fallen off during ultrasonic cleaning, it confirms that this is a factory horn indeed. But what do you expect for the price you p

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Money for Nothin

2004-03-27 Thread Hans Pizka
Steve, you forgot one important annoying thing: The permanent hassle with customers who have absolutely zero idea about the hardware (instrument) & not much ideas about software (their playing), but tend to blame manufacturer & repairperson for their own (customer) failing (missing playing techniq

RE: [Hornlist] Factory Dust

2004-03-27 Thread Hans Pizka
Yeah, yeah, yeah, this would be easy, playing perfectly by birth without any work investing. Question: doesn´t consequent study & success give much satisfaction ? Doesn´t the hard earned success make you more proud than success by birth ? Look into Bible, Koran, Buddhas Teaching & other books of

RE: [Hornlist] Factory defects, and something you can do about it

2004-03-27 Thread Hans Pizka
Regarding Yamaha horns manufactured under Japanese standards in Japan, I cannot believe, that anything of dust or other particles would be left inside a horn. This would create a big scandal in Japan & Yamaha were out of business. But I can imagine, that Yamaha horns manufactured under US standard

RE: [Hornlist] Re: clean your glasses

2004-03-26 Thread Hans Pizka
If that is so, are these YAMAHA made in Japan or in the US factory ? If they do not change their carelessness, why do people continue to sell or buy such instruments ? If nobody buys a Yamaha horn for six months, what will happen to their supervisors ? They risk their job as well as the directors.

RE: [Hornlist] A crook story

2004-03-25 Thread Hans Pizka
Dr.Cabbage, dr.Cabbage, my dear colleague in pain. How about your mouthpiecepressure so to push the crook so deep into its socket You should not press that much while playing "Cosi fan tutte". Ooops, I have to remember, how "Cosi fan tutte" translates. So you just followed the crowd in your ma

RE: [Hornlist] Factory Dust

2004-03-25 Thread Hans Pizka
ot firey chasms of the Yamaha Factoryjust spent some money...quite abit.to say I did.). MWOOHAHAHA! Lol, got a little carried away. Wish me luck that its all cleaned out. Mike PS: Thanks all, especially Mr. Mumford and Pr

RE: [Hornlist] RE: Horn Digest, Vol 15, Issue 26

2004-03-25 Thread Hans Pizka
Arabella has no demands on me as I never had any affair with Mlle.Arabella. Early retirement just because of a tight schedule ??? You are as funny as many young players & elder players too. Ever heard that high quality performance even the enormous physical demand included can give satisfaction , m

[Hornlist] experiment

2004-03-24 Thread Hans Pizka
Last week, I played two brand new horns on two consecutive days in the opera for La Tosca & for Falstaff (quite some very delicate lonesome entrances & some fast technique). Conductors very young Luisotti (very impressive musician) & Zubin Mehta. Bob Tucci, world known tubaist sat not far from my p

[Hornlist] Arabella (Strauss)

2004-03-24 Thread Hans Pizka
Anybody played R.Strauss "Arabella" ? I played it (just here in Munich) about 35 times & had to take it over with over-night notice this morning as my colleague played Mahler 3 last night with a bad cold & had to take ill leave for a few days. So my already tight schedule became tighter with anoth

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Opinionated Advice On eBay

2004-03-23 Thread Hans Pizka
Hey Cabbage, omniscient cabbage, I thought you know this German proverb. "Ich habe schon Pferde kotzen sehen " is "saufen" related. A tough man & strong drinker is soften called a "horse" (Pferd). But sometimes the "Pferd" drinks too much & goes to "kotzen". It is literally translated like : if yo

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Opinionated Advice On eBay

2004-03-22 Thread Hans Pizka
I would say, I should demonstrate the right use of the double horn as a HORN & not as an Altotrombone. Too much freedom for beginners, perhaps voting included, well, we know the results at any audition === -Original Message- From: [

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Opinionated Advice On eBay

2004-03-22 Thread Hans Pizka
You did it again !! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of skirshner Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 3:31 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Opinionated Advice On eBay I hit the send button before cutting out the excess. Sorry. Shel

[Hornlist] exercises

2004-03-21 Thread Hans Pizka
Many people (in your part of the world & more & more here too) compare playing a brass instrument (including the horn) with sports. That is NOT correct. Building up the lips, - yes, that is similar to gymnastics. Slur exercises, long tones, endurance building up, Yes, - that is similar to the prep

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Opinionated Advice On eBay

2004-03-21 Thread Hans Pizka
Jay, may-be you have never heard the true horn sound, the real horn sound. There is a big difference between beginners on Bb-horn like you & beginners on F-Horn. The F-horn beginners have the advantage of up to five overtones sounding with the main note & thus enriching the tone, while the Bb-hor

RE: [Hornlist] London? Or Asia?

2004-03-19 Thread Hans Pizka
Yes, definitely !! It should be a Tenjin Horn. = -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Kowalchuk Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 2:14 AM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] London? Or

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Happy Birthday Hans!

2004-03-17 Thread Hans Pizka
Thanks, so to expect 124 yrs. !!! == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Goldberg Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 4:14 AM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Happy Birthday Hans! Yes, cong

[Hornlist] thank you all

2004-03-17 Thread Hans Pizka
Thank you all, friends, for the good wishes to my birthday. It was not yesterday (played Sleeping Beauty) but today (played Falstaff under Zubin Mehta). A birthday is not a day to celebrate for me except the great ones (50, 60) but for the family only. My birthday is rather a day to reflect, speci

RE: [Hornlist] Haydn horn concerto

2004-03-17 Thread Hans Pizka
David, your misspelling was not Anton Reicha instead of Joseph Reicha. You mixed up things with Joseph Reiche, and that name was false again, as the person with Reiche as family name was Gottfried Reiche. Definitel did Haydn write these two concertos, but only no.1 survived as autograph, which I

RE: [Hornlist] Haydn Horn concerto

2004-03-17 Thread Hans Pizka
Yes, it is- I sent them a letter, asking them to be more careful with their announcements, as there is just "THE PASTORALE" by L.v.B. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTE

RE: [Hornlist] Leaky slides

2004-03-13 Thread Hans Pizka
Your advice given to a very young student is quite dangerous for the horn. It is so dangerous, that he might destroy the horn. Slides get only leaky from inadequate handling. So we should mount the horse not backwards but the right way, by telling the young or the inexperienced players, to maintai

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