On Feb 9, 2005, at 10:55 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
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.
Not disputing your actual point, but don't you mean the BOTTOM three parts? In my limited experience playing trombone for these things, I noticed the alto-tenor-bass doubled, not the soprano.
Christopher
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