And when I did my first round of recordings in Moravia I found out how prominent the euphonium (=tenor flügelhorn) was in the folklorical combos.
ajr > Andrew Stiller wrote: >> >> On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:01 AM, John Howell wrote: >> >>> my first reaction was, "why?" Most of us would write for flugel as a >>> double, specifically for its tone quality. >>> >>> But thinking about it, I could picture using flugel as the lead over >>> trombones, and wanting to mute the whole section. >>> >>> Curious, though; what use did you picture? >>> >> >> John can answer for himself, but for me an ideal orchestral brass >> section (for new works, obviously!) would consist of 2 Bb piccolo >> trumpets (4 valves), 2 flghn (4 valves), 2 horns in F, 2 euphoniums (4 >> valves, Bb non-transposing), tenor-bass trombone, contrabass trombone >> (i.e. wide-bore Bb/F bass w. addl. D trigger), and cbs. tuba. This >> combination would have a greater pitch range, wider timbral variety and >> greater flexibility than the current standard, and requires no more >> instruments than usual. >> >> But I fully realize that this is a utopian fantasy on my part. >> >> Andrew Stiller >> Kallisti Music Press >> http://www.kallistimusic.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > Utopian fantasy on your part or not, it would make one heck > of a terrific sounding brass section! > > And there's a world of European Wind Band music where there > are distinct parts for Cornets, Trumpets and Flugelhorns, > each making use of the specific tone color for each of the > three instruments. > > -- > David H. Bailey > dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
