Are you sure about Tchaik? All the scores I have at hand (Sym. 4,5,6, Romeo and Juliet, Capriccio Italien) have 1st and 2nd trombones in tenor clef, 3rd in bass clef. Of course, the parts could be different.
Odd bit of info about Shostakovich, if true (I can verify his scores are as you say). They had access to most scores, even contemporary Western ones. Strange. Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com > > I don't know of much RECENT music written for alto-tenor-bass orchestra > sections, though that was overwhelmingly the case from Haydn up to > Tchakovsky or so. Tchaik, for example, is almost always played on tenor > trombone because of the range, though it is written mostly in alto > clef. > > I think we agreed that what was in the score does not represent what > the players see (one of the few exceptions to the "score matches parts > in all ways" rule.) Through the 19th century, alto-tenor-bass > instruments AND clefs on the parts were the norm, and should be > reproduced that way in authentic editions. > > A curious effect happened for first part of the 20th century in Russian > music. Shostakovich and his contemporaries were told by some teacher > that tenor trombone parts were always written in alto clef and this > misinformation was propagated from mentor to student, so for fifty > years or so it was alto clef for first AND second trombone parts, and > bass clef for third trombone. No tenor clef. Since this was obviously > an error, I don't think it would be wrong to use tenor or bass clef for > new editions of these composers' works. > > Christopher _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
