[Hornlist] RE: French nationalistic sound

2006-01-04 Thread HornCabbage
Ron wondered What is the difference in the American and the universal sound?  Also  is the American sound from Jones, chambers, etc. or Hollywood?  What do major American orchestras play? Leo B answered Ron,   I have lived in a true cultural backwater for too many years but the last time I check

RE: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound

2006-01-03 Thread Prof.Hans Pizka
AIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 6:09 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound What is the difference in the American and the universal sound? Also is the American sound from Jones, chambers, etc. or Hollywood?

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2006-01-03 Thread MARKSUERON
What is the difference in the American and the universal sound? Also is the American sound from Jones, chambers, etc. or Hollywood? What do major American orchestras play? Ron ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://

Re: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound

2005-12-30 Thread billbamberg
e the string base in Fantasia, but it looks pretty stupid on stage. -Original Message- From: Prof.Hans Pizka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'The Horn List' Sent: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:46:51 +0100 Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound In theory everything is said ea

RE: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound

2005-12-30 Thread Prof.Hans Pizka
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Herbert Foster Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 2:26 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound You can also use a factitious note. Finger it F12. It's there. If it's sharp, use F23. Factitious notes

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2005-12-30 Thread Herbert Foster
You can also use a factitious note. Finger it F12. It's there. If it's sharp, use F23. Factitious notes are supported by the harmonics, not the fundamental. Herb Foster --- Jerry Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marc Gelfo wrote: > > > > Also, I'm curious how they pull of things like the lo

RE: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound

2005-12-29 Thread Prof.Hans Pizka
ce of an obvious tricky task. = -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Houston Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:31 PM To: The Horn List Subjec

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2005-12-29 Thread Prof.Hans Pizka
n also. We say "Wer kann, der kann !!" = -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Gelfo Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:05 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound > In reality though, the Vien

Re: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Rincon
I don't believe that anyone in the Vienna Philharmonic uses a triple horn. A double horn; perhaps for the extreme pieces such as Sinfonia Domestica and such maybe. Hans would know. I DO know that Gottfried von Freiberg played a Paxman F/F-Alto descant on the last recording he made (Midsummer Night'

Re: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound

2005-12-29 Thread Jerry Houston
Marc Gelfo wrote: Also, I'm curious how they pull of things like the low E in the 4th mvt of Shostakovich 5, which cannot be played on F horn (I guess maybe sort of you could bend down pedal F# with F123, but that would be treacherous to attack an out-of-the-blue piano low E with that fingeri

Re: [Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound

2005-12-29 Thread Richard Smith
French orchestras were losing their recording contracts due to the uniqueness of their sound in the WW's and brass. The producers and conductors were deeming them "unmarketable." Daniel Barenboim brought in Mike Bloom (who was available as he had just left Cleveland) to serve as co-principal

[Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound

2005-12-29 Thread Marc Gelfo
> In reality though, the Vienna Philharmonic is an "original instruments > group" in the truest sense. I've heard a lot of players in Vienna are using doubles and triples for security in the high register, but cannot substantiate this claim since I don't remember from whom I heard it or any pa

[Hornlist] Re: French Nationalistic Sound

2005-12-29 Thread KendallBetts
Actually, this is only part of the story, and a little bit off at that. As explained to me by Michel Garcin-Marrou (who was there): French orchestras were losing their recording contracts due to the uniqueness of their sound in the WW's and brass. The producers and conductors were de