On Jun 5, 2007, at 9:37 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 11:17 AM -0400 6/5/07, Christopher Smith wrote:
I WOULD like to see Trumpet in Eb in the instrument list. When I
do orchestra transcriptions from the 19th C, there is a lot of Eb
trumpet, and I got caught the first time.
But were these Eb alto, same pitch as the British brass band solo
Eb cornet, or Eb basso, like the low F trumpet that was also common?
High Eb is what I meant, between the piccolo and the Bb in size, like
the British Eb cornet. Very common instrument. I wouldn't call that
pitch Eb alto, as I would reserve that name for the alto horn
transposition.
For that matter, I don't see a piccolo trumpet in Bb in the
instrument list either, only in A. Most of the players I know prefer
to play the A when they can, but the Bb is common, too.
Clarinet in D would be good, too.
??????? Never seen one, and never seen a part for one. Where do
you find it?
Mahler, Berlioz, among others. Late 19th C stuff. Yup, it's rare
these days, but you see it in historical repertoire. I just recopied
a D part for Eb clarinet for Mahlers 6th Symphony, by request of the
clarinetist, as it gets pretty tough to transpose at sight. The
fingerings get nuts for an Eb player, which is why I suppose it was
originally written for D clarinet.
Christopher
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