[Hornlist] Wanhal Sinfonia

2004-01-11 Thread Christopher Gongos
Hello Listers, A couple of weeks ago I asked for advice about a part in A-flat horn. I was concerned that the slow movement which had a really big horn part would be SUPER high. Well... just to let you know, turns out that the slow mvmt was horn in E-flat, and this fact was missing from the

RE: [Hornlist] Wanhal Sinfonia

2003-12-27 Thread Hans Pizka
hand, use a Bb-/high-F-descant horn, but remove the Bb-slides. So you might get the advantage of the high-F combined with the advantage of more resonating mass. == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On B

Re: [Hornlist] Wanhal Sinfonia

2003-12-27 Thread Valkhorn
He lived from 1739-1813. This puts him firmly in the Classical period if not the very late Baroque. I'm not familiar with his pieces, however from the time period high Eb's aren't uncommon, and in some compositions and cadenzas were played quite often. Of course since they did not have valves th

[Hornlist] Wanhal Sinfonia

2003-12-27 Thread Christopher Gongos
Hello Listers, A question to you all. I have to prepare a Sinfonia by Johann Baptist Wanhal. It is AE203, in A-Flat. The second movement has a rather involved horn part... marked in Horn in A-Flat. Does anyone know whether this should be A-Flat ALTO or BASSO? Unfortunately I don't have