Thanks Raymond ...
Dean
On May 18, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:
Serpent and Contrabassoon - so the part was to sound in octaves, as
written and 8ba. Same as in the Reformation Symphony.
Serpent's modern replacement would be euphonium, but serpent is more
nasal sounding. Contrabassoon still around. If you don't have one,
CBCL can work, but not as direct a match with euphonium. Euph/Tuba
would be logical combo, although tuba is stronger than CBssn.
Raymond Horton
Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra
Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC
Composer, Arranger
VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Dean M. Estabrook
<[email protected]> wrote:
At 1:21 PM -0700 5/18/11, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
Ok, so I'm transcribing this Mendelssohn Overture from Orch. to
Wind
Ensemble ... one of the instruments in the orchestral score is
labeled
"Serpente e Contrafagotto." It is non transposing. May I
assume that it
sounds an octave lower than the pitches given? It would appear
to make
sense that way ... so far, I've assigned the parts to a Contra
Bass Cl.
Thanks in advance,
Dean
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