Pro horn players prefer the original parts, yes, but that flute part is a whole different ball o' worms. Slip a transposed part in there, goodness!
Raymond Horton Composer, Arranger Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC VISIT US at rayhortonmusic.com On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Kim Patrick Clow <[email protected]>wrote: > I know you were asking about horns, but a flute/recorder friend of > mine mentioned in passing that the Barenreiter edition of Handel's > Water Music has the flute part( (in the G major suite) in the > original French violin clef and it was for a flute tuned to G. She > hated the fact she was having to do three types of transposing on the > fly: the clef, the key, and then the octave required. > > > Thanks > Kim > > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Robert Patterson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree, nobody said it. It was surprising to think about the possibility > > considering who I would have thought the target market for a critical > > edition might be. I can state that many performance materials based on > > critical editions do not include F-transposed horn parts. (My knowledge > is > > mainly limited to chamber music by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, etc.) > > However, based on another comment in this thread it appears that some > pieces > > do come with F-transposed parts. > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
