On 10 Feb 2005 at 11:19, Rudolf van Berkum wrote: > In the case of the trombones' entry in The Magic Flute that Raymond > Horton mentioned, we can appreciate that for the Lutheran members of > the audience in Mozart's day, the sound of the trombone would have > additional meaning for them because of the association with church > use, but for most of the audience it would just provide a shiver up > the spine because of the effectiveness of the timbre of the instrument > at that dramatic moment.
Concerted Catholic church music in Mozart's days was invariably performed with trombones doubling the top 3 vocal parts, so I don't see any reason to limit the association to Lutherans. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
