The Rite of Spring Eb "bass trumpet" should be called alto. It is a double for the 5th C trumpet. But the part creates another problem, because Stravinsky exceeds the range, going down to the written low F (concert Ab) which is difficult or impossible to reach on an Eb instrument, and very low for a trumpet player indeed.
Stravinsky routinely takes trumpets down to the low F natural (he does it in Agon, frinstance), and I believe he had in mind the so-called German cavalry fingering, wherein the third valve is tuned a half step lower than usual.
Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://www.kallistimusic.com/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
