On 2/26/07, Aaron Rabushka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't know about the baroque, but trumpets in G (Robbins Landon calls them "English trumpets") were quite unusual for Haydn. The 88th symphony is quite unusual in having trumpets and drums in G in the the 3rd (and probably 4th) movement, and the appearance of (IIRC) C trumpets in the second movement after a trumpetless opening movement was considered quite a surprise.
Yes, I think H.C.R.L mentioned that years after this symphony was first performed, the 2nd movement with the brass and timpani was still causing a buzz. The Graupner Sinfonias I'm editing are pretty unusual in that they have these trumpets in unusual keys, with timpani in sets of 4,5,6, or even 7, plus they're used in slow movements. Thanks, Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
