I played as a sub in San Antonio in 1962-64 and studied with George at U.Texas, Austin. He played a single Bb 5 valve Alex and played as well as any Hornist I ever heard, The final section of "Ein Heldenleben" was a performance to remember. -- David Parker Assoc. Prof of Music Comp/theory Applied Low Brass Austin Community College
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Re: Comparison of Holton, Farkas & Merker horns > ([email protected]) > 7. Trilling memories (Kent Spielmann) > 8. NHR SPAM (Anne Megenity) > 9. Re: NHR SPAM (Michiel van der Linden) > 10. Re: Cats (The musical) (Debbie Schmidt) > 11. Re: NHR SPAM (Anne Megenity) > 12. Re: Bb Singles Only (Richard) > 13. Re: Bb Singles Only (Milton Kicklighter) > 14. Re: Trilling memories (Steve Haflich) > 15. Re: Bb Singles Only (Reicher, Tom) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:49:57 -0700 (PDT) > From: John Edwin Mason <[email protected]> > Subject: [Hornlist] Dudamel, LA Phil, and Mahler 1, live tonight on > NPR > To: [email protected], Yahoo Horn <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Dudamel? Dudamania? Decide for yourselves, cousins. > > You can hear Gustavo Dudamel conduct his first subscription concert as music > director of the LA Phil tonight (Thursday) at 10 pm EDT, streaming live on > the NPR website. Music by Adams and Mahler. (Sorry for the late notice, but > I just got the email from NPR.) > > Here's the link: > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113551695&sc=nl&cc=cn-20091008 > > http://tinyurl.com/yko4nua > > And here's what NPR has to say: > > Gustavo Dudamel... [the] 28-year-old conductor from Venezuela officially > takes over the Los Angeles Philharmonic with a gala opening concert that > includes a new piece by John Adams, as well as Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. > 1. Hear the concert live from Walt Disney Hall on NPR Music at 10 p.m. ET. > > --John > > ***************************************** > John Edwin Mason > Documentary and Motor Sports Photography: > http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com > Charlottesville and Cape Town > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:01:02 +0000 > From: Donald Huang <[email protected]> > Subject: [Hornlist] Cats (The musical) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello all, > > So I found out a few weeks ago that my school's doing Cats for our spring > musical and I'm not sure if I should be excited; I'm guessing the horn parts > should be pretty good considering that Andrew Lloyd Webber composed it. I > guess my main questions are (1) how are the horn parts in general and (2) > how many horn parts are there? > > Thanks for satisfying a wee schoolboy's curiosity! > > Donald > -------------- next part -------------- > Hello all, > So I found out a few weeks ago that my school's doing Cats for our > spring musical and I'm not sure if I should be excited; I'm guessing > the horn parts should be pretty good considering that Andrew Lloyd > Webber composed it. I guess my main questions are (1) how are the horn > parts in general and (2) how many horn parts are there? > Thanks for satisfying a wee schoolboy's curiosity! > Donald > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:18:52 -0700 > From: Steve Haflich <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Cats (The musical) > To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Donald Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > > So I found out a few weeks ago that my school's doing Cats for our spring > musical and I'm not sure if I should be excited; I'm guessing the horn > parts > should be pretty good considering that Andrew Lloyd Webber composed it. I > guess my main questions are (1) how are the horn parts in general and (2) > how many horn parts are there? > > First, I don't actually know anything about the horn parts of this BWay > musical, but quite possibly there are zero horn parts. In recent modern > times musicals are constrained one one side by finances, and on the > other side by union contracts. From my unreliable (and perhaps > out-of-date) Memories (sic) BWay productions are required to employ no > fewer than 12 musicians. Since they must pay 12, they are generally > scored for 12, but rarely more. > > But there may be alternative orchestrations for especially popular > (another word for "profitable") shows. I dunno... > > As a personal note, my former roommate from back in the 1970's, an > occasional horn player but mostly a conductor, spent a great many years > as the principal conductor of Cats in BWay. I believe he has conducted > Memories more times than any other member of our species. (I mean the > human species, not the horn player species, most of whom are indeed also > human.) This is not something for which he would like to be remembered. > For him, Cats was a way to work 3-4 services a week earning a living > wage for NYC, while allowing him to pursue other musical interests as he > wished. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:38:57 GMT > From: "Prof. Michael Enright" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Hornlist] unrecorded music > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <200910090938585.sm01...@[147.8.210.20]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Just an update, I have checked with the relevant?orchestras and was informed > that there are no plans at present for the commissioning orchestras to record > or release concert recordings of the following horn concertos: Carter > (Boston), Adler (Houston), and Jones (Seattle). The contact at Chicago > (Williams Concerto) is checking, but nothing definitive yet.? > -------------- next part -------------- > Just an update, I have checked with the relevant orchestras and was > informed that there are no plans at present for the commissioning > orchestras to record or release concert recordings of the following > horn concertos: Carter (Boston), Adler (Houston), and Jones (Seattle). > The contact at Chicago (Williams Concerto) is checking, but nothing > definitive yet. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 02:21:12 +0000 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Cats (The musical) > To: [email protected],"The Horn List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <488914896-1255054870-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-21312153...@bda113.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > WRONG!!! > > I played this two years ago and Webber scored it for 3 Horns. The book is a > fun one to play and features some decent upper register work in the first > horn book. The first part on Scimbleshanks reaches a high B. > > Have fun! > > Walt Lewis > ------Original Message------ > From: Steve Haflich > Sender: [email protected] > To: The Horn List > ReplyTo: [email protected] > ReplyTo: The Horn List > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Cats (The musical) > Sent: Oct 8, 2009 8:18 PM > > Donald Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > > So I found out a few weeks ago that my school's doing Cats for our spring > musical and I'm not sure if I should be excited; I'm guessing the horn > parts > should be pretty good considering that Andrew Lloyd Webber composed it. I > guess my main questions are (1) how are the horn parts in general and (2) > how many horn parts are there? > > First, I don't actually know anything about the horn parts of this BWay > musical, but quite possibly there are zero horn parts. In recent modern > times musicals are constrained one one side by finances, and on the > other side by union contracts. From my unreliable (and perhaps > out-of-date) Memories (sic) BWay productions are required to employ no > fewer than 12 musicians. Since they must pay 12, they are generally > scored for 12, but rarely more. > > But there may be alternative orchestrations for especially popular > (another word for "profitable") shows. I dunno... > > As a personal note, my former roommate from back in the 1970's, an > occasional horn player but mostly a conductor, spent a great many years > as the principal conductor of Cats in BWay. I believe he has conducted > Memories more times than any other member of our species. (I mean the > human species, not the horn player species, most of whom are indeed also > human.) This is not something for which he would like to be remembered. > For him, Cats was a way to work 3-4 services a week earning a living > wage for NYC, while allowing him to pursue other musical interests as he > wished. > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/lewhorn9%40yahoo.com > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 03:29:51 GMT > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Comparison of Holton, Farkas & Merker horns > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Howard wrote: > > <<The 176, however, was quite a different story. I thought it sounded great, > was very well balanced between registers and the sides of the horn, very > responsive, with no bad notes, and with good intonation. It reminded me in > some ways of a Lawson Classical. Not as good as the Lawson, but also a whole > lot cheaper and no wait. If it had been a screw bell, I would have whipped > out the old plastic and taken it home then and there; some days I still > regret not having done so anyway.>> > > I have to second what Howard says about the H-176 (H-276 cut bell). I'm so > happy I got mine when I did. I'll be ever grateful to the 2 professional > horn players who encouraged me to try it. I'm no horn expert. I've owned > (or leased) six different horns and tried out literally dozens of others, > including the uber expensive ones. I have never found one that I could play > any better than my Merker. (That's not to say that someone else couldn't > play them better, just not me! ha ha!) Howard is right about the > intonation. The thing I like best, however, is how easy it is to play. I > can play it for a long time w/o getting tired because it simply takes less > energy. I guess that means it has a "good response?" > > Valerie Wells > "The Balanced Embouchure" for French Horn > > ____________________________________________________________ > Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/BLSrjnsEGrDtDymNBfl2ESEzqzSu20p2JBCHa9KfGYQs3nX1x2v4gfe2iyM/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:23:26 -0700 (PDT) > From: Kent Spielmann <[email protected]> > Subject: [Hornlist] Trilling memories > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I must have fallen asleep with the radio on. I was maybe 15, a budding > hornist, growing up in Southern California. (Do any of you remember KFAC > classical, both AM and FM?. So sad how the station left the air) > > I woke in the wee hours to a piece of romantic orchestral music festooned > with horn trills. They kept coming, one after the other, played by multiple > horns it seems. I was enthralled. But it was late. I must have fallen back > asleep. I never found out what the piece was. > > This memory remains pungent though. At times I wonder if it was just teenage > hormones playing tricks on me. I had a notion early on that it must have > been Mahler. Not any of the popular symphonies 1, 4, or 5, to be sure. One of > the really long ones that I always seem to fall asleep in the middle of. But > listen though I might, I have never again heard the trilling call of the horn > as I did that night. > > I would be ever so grateful if the cornological magisterium represented by > this list would help me unravel this mystery which has haunted me for about > 35 years. > > Any suggestions? > > K. Spielmann > -------------- next part -------------- > I must have fallen asleep with the radio on. I was maybe 15, a budding > hornist, growing up in Southern California. (Do any of you remember > KFAC classical, both AM and FM?. So sad how the station left the air) > I woke in the wee hours to a piece of romantic orchestral music > festooned with horn trills. They kept coming, one after the other, > played by multiple horns it seems. I was enthralled. But it was late. I > must have fallen back asleep. I never found out what the piece was. > This memory remains pungent though. At times I wonder if it was just > teenage hormones playing tricks on me. I had a notion early on that > it must have been Mahler. Not any of the popular symphonies 1, 4, or 5, > to be sure. One of the really long ones that I always seem to fall > asleep in the middle of. But listen though I might, I have never again > heard the trilling call of the horn as I did that night. > I would be ever so grateful if the cornological magisterium > represented by this list would help me unravel this mystery which has > haunted me for about 35 years. > Any suggestions? > K. Spielmann > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 06:30:11 -0400 > From: "Anne Megenity" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Hornlist] NHR SPAM > To: <[email protected]>, "The Horn List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <4ff87406b631455fbdec164c4cce5...@df3ff5c1> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > This morning I received email from both HORN LISTS which were complete > SPAM, totally unrelated to anything "horn" but intended to sell a product and > from someone who appears regularly on the two lists. That person shall remain > nameless- however- the BIG question is how they got our email URLs? Plus,of > course, this practice is totally unacceptable. I've been a "lister" for many, > many years and this is a "first"..and hopefully a "last". > -------------- next part -------------- > This morning I received email from both HORN LISTS which were > complete SPAM, totally unrelated to anything "horn" but intended to > sell a product and from someone who appears regularly on the two lists. > That person shall remain nameless- however- the BIG question is how > they got our email URLs? Plus,of course, this practice is totally > unacceptable. I've been a "lister" for many, many years and this is a > "first"..and hopefully a "last". > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:25:34 +0200 > From: Michiel van der Linden <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] NHR SPAM > To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > With spam mails it is usually the case that the "sender" you see is > not the place the mail originated but just a randomly harvested > address. > The actual sender will be a computer hijacked with a malware and/or > virus infection in the posession of some unsuspecting random person, > who is probably not at all connected to the hornlists. > I din't recieve any spam from the list, so it probably didn't come > through that route. > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:30, Anne Megenity <[email protected]> wrote: > > ? ? This morning ?I received email from both HORN LISTS which were > > ? complete SPAM, totally unrelated to anything "horn" but intended to > > ? sell a product and from someone who appears regularly on the two lists. > > ? That person shall remain nameless- however- the BIG question is how > > ? they got our email URLs? Plus,of course, this practice is totally > > ? unacceptable. I've been a "lister" for many, many years and this is a > > ? "first"..and hopefully a "last". > > > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [email protected] > > unsubscribe or set options at > > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/corbasse%40gmail.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:29:00 -0400 > From: Debbie Schmidt <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Cats (The musical) > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, The Horn List <[email protected]> > Cc: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > Original B'way show had 2 horns and 21-23 people in the pit . > > Shows get reorchestrated for the road and for a variety or reuses ... > High school productions , larger market houses smaller houses so > numbers change. Although, there is a reorchestration with 3 horns the > WW doubling books will be cut and reworked. > > I have no idea where the number 12 came from nor why you think > different shows popularity would affect the number of people in the pit. > > The minimum number of total players is based on house size with a > special needs clause. Minimum now is around 18 in most larger theaters. > > Debbie Schmidt Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 8, 2009, at 8:18 PM, Steve Haflich <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Donald Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So I found out a few weeks ago that my school's doing Cats for our > > spring > > musical and I'm not sure if I should be excited; I'm guessing the > > horn parts > > should be pretty good considering that Andrew Lloyd Webber > > composed it. I > > guess my main questions are (1) how are the horn parts in general > > and (2) > > how many horn parts are there? > > > > First, I don't actually know anything about the horn parts of this > > BWay > > musical, but quite possibly there are zero horn parts. In recent > > modern > > times musicals are constrained one one side by finances, and on the > > other side by union contracts. From my unreliable (and perhaps > > out-of-date) Memories (sic) BWay productions are required to employ no > > fewer than 12 musicians. Since they must pay 12, they are generally > > scored for 12, but rarely more. > > > > But there may be alternative orchestrations for especially popular > > (another word for "profitable") shows. I dunno... > > > > As a personal note, my former roommate from back in the 1970's, an > > occasional horn player but mostly a conductor, spent a great many > > years > > as the principal conductor of Cats in BWay. I believe he has > > conducted > > Memories more times than any other member of our species. (I mean the > > human species, not the horn player species, most of whom are indeed > > also > > human.) This is not something for which he would like to be > > remembered. > > For him, Cats was a way to work 3-4 services a week earning a living > > wage for NYC, while allowing him to pursue other musical interests > > as he > > wished. > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [email protected] > > unsubscribe or set options at > > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/jasoncat%40aol.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:31:33 -0400 > From: "Anne Megenity" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] NHR SPAM > To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <43163a7279c54c38afd22386d9066...@df3ff5c1> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Forgot to mention that the subject line was "FOR GIRLS ONLY" so possibly > was gender specific as to who received it? Can a computer do that? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michiel van der Linden" <[email protected]> > To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 7:25 AM > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] NHR SPAM > > > With spam mails it is usually the case that the "sender" you see is > not the place the mail originated but just a randomly harvested > address. > The actual sender will be a computer hijacked with a malware and/or > virus infection in the posession of some unsuspecting random person, > who is probably not at all connected to the hornlists. > I din't recieve any spam from the list, so it probably didn't come > through that route. > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:30, Anne Megenity <[email protected]> wrote: > > This morning I received email from both HORN LISTS which were > > complete SPAM, totally unrelated to anything "horn" but intended to > > sell a product and from someone who appears regularly on the two lists. > > That person shall remain nameless- however- the BIG question is how > > they got our email URLs? Plus,of course, this practice is totally > > unacceptable. I've been a "lister" for many, many years and this is a > > "first"..and hopefully a "last". > > > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [email protected] > > unsubscribe or set options at > > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/corbasse%40gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/amegenity%40comcast.net > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:16:09 -0500 > From: Richard <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bb Singles Only > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > thatador wrote: > > Please pardon my ignorance, but I live in the US, where triple horns are > abundant but single Bb horns are shunned. With as much objectivity as > possible, what really healthy-sounding, responsive four-valve Bb horns are > highly regarded in more enlightened parts of this planet? > > ------- > > I was involved in a performance of the Schumann Konzertstueck in which > Gail Williams played the first part on a single Bb, possibly by Carl > Geyer. In my own experience, for smaller ensembles, most single Bb horns > work well, if you are skilled at playing them. Since their construction > is relatively simple, they don't have as many of the tuning quirks that > double horns do. > > That said, I like the Yamaha YHR-321 about as well as any I've ever > played. For the last couple of years Bruce Tubbs (frugal [email protected]) > has been making very nice 5 valve Bb horns out of Yamaha YHR-321's, > YHR-322's and King 1158's. He had at least one for sale on > hornplayer.net, last time I looked. > > Richard Hirsh, Chicago > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:50:32 -0700 (PDT) > From: Milton Kicklighter <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bb Singles Only > To: [email protected], The Horn List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I was in the San Antonio Symphony in 1964, and the first horn.... George > Yaeger.... play a five valve single Bb Alex.? He had one of the most > beautiful sounds I have ever heard.? As I understand it he had always played > a single Bb, and for me.... I had been playing a Conn 8d.... dispelled the > believe that in order to have a big dark sound, one had to play on a big horn > and on the F side.? > ? > I will always remember George and how his sound simply floated out to ever > corner of the big hall.? The orchestra played in the convention center.? > ? > Milton > > > --- On Fri, 10/9/09, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Richard <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bb Singles Only > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 9:16 AM > > > thatador wrote: > > Please pardon my ignorance, but I live in the US, where triple horns are > abundant but single Bb horns are shunned. With as much objectivity as > possible, what really healthy-sounding, responsive four-valve Bb horns are > highly regarded in more enlightened parts of this planet? > > ------- > > I was involved in a performance of the Schumann Konzertstueck in which > Gail Williams played the first part on a single Bb, possibly by Carl > Geyer. In my own experience, for smaller ensembles, most single Bb horns > work well, if you are skilled at playing them. Since their construction > is relatively simple, they don't have as many of the tuning quirks that > double horns do. > > That said, I like the Yamaha YHR-321 about as well as any I've ever > played. For the last couple of years Bruce Tubbs (frugal [email protected]) > has been making very nice 5 valve Bb horns out of Yamaha YHR-321's, > YHR-322's and King 1158's. He had at least one for sale on > hornplayer.net, last time I looked. > > Richard Hirsh, Chicago > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > I was in the San Antonio Symphony in 1964, and the first horn.... > George Yaeger.... play a five valve single Bb Alex. He had one of the > most beautiful sounds I have ever heard. As I understand it he had > always played a single Bb, and for me.... I had been playing a Conn > 8d.... dispelled the believe that in order to have a big dark sound, > one had to play on a big horn and on the F side. > > I will always remember George and how his sound simply floated out to > ever corner of the big hall. The orchestra played in the convention > center. > > Milton > --- On Fri, 10/9/09, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Richard <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bb Singles Only > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 9:16 AM > > thatador wrote: > Please pardon my ignorance, but I live in the US, where triple horns > are abundant but single Bb horns are shunned. With as much objectivity > as possible, what really healthy-sounding, responsive four-valve Bb > horns are highly regarded in more enlightened parts of this planet? > ------- > I was involved in a performance of the Schumann Konzertstueck in which > Gail Williams played the first part on a single Bb, possibly by Carl > Geyer. In my own experience, for smaller ensembles, most single Bb > horns > work well, if you are skilled at playing them. Since their construction > is relatively simple, they don't have as many of the tuning quirks that > double horns do. > That said, I like the Yamaha YHR-321 about as well as any I've ever > played. For the last couple of years Bruce Tubbs (frugal > [1][email protected]) > has been making very nice 5 valve Bb horns out of Yamaha YHR-321's, > YHR-322's and King 1158's. He had at least one for sale on > hornplayer.net, last time I looked. > Richard Hirsh, Chicago > _______________________________________________ > post: [2][email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > [3]https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgte > r%40yahoo.com > > References > > 1. http://us.mc357.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] > 2. http://us.mc357.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] > 3. > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:12:52 -0700 > From: Steve Haflich <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Trilling memories > To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Could be Mahler 9 movement 2. > > Score is online at imslp.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:49:24 -0700 > From: "Reicher, Tom" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bb Singles Only > To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Interesting to note that Yaeger studied at Eastman with Yegudkin (teacher of > John Barrows). Did his floating sound have a hint of vibrato? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Milton Kicklighter > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 7:51 AM > To: [email protected]; The Horn List > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bb Singles Only > > I was in the San Antonio Symphony in 1964, and the first horn.... George > Yaeger.... play a five valve single Bb Alex.? He had one of the most > beautiful sounds I have ever heard.? As I understand it he had always played > a single Bb, and for me.... I had been playing a Conn 8d.... dispelled the > believe that in order to have a big dark sound, one had to play on a big horn > and on the F side.? > ? > I will always remember George and how his sound simply floated out to ever > corner of the big hall.? The orchestra played in the convention center.? > ? > Milton > > > --- On Fri, 10/9/09, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Richard <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bb Singles Only > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 9:16 AM > > > thatador wrote: > > Please pardon my ignorance, but I live in the US, where triple horns are > abundant but single Bb horns are shunned. With as much objectivity as > possible, what really healthy-sounding, responsive four-valve Bb horns are > highly regarded in more enlightened parts of this planet? > > ------- > > I was involved in a performance of the Schumann Konzertstueck in which Gail > Williams played the first part on a single Bb, possibly by Carl Geyer. In my > own experience, for smaller ensembles, most single Bb horns work well, if you > are skilled at playing them. Since their construction is relatively simple, > they don't have as many of the tuning quirks that double horns do. > > That said, I like the Yamaha YHR-321 about as well as any I've ever played. > For the last couple of years Bruce Tubbs (frugal [email protected]) has been > making very nice 5 valve Bb horns out of Yamaha YHR-321's, YHR-322's and King > 1158's. He had at least one for sale on hornplayer.net, last time I looked. > > Richard Hirsh, Chicago > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com > > > > > > This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, > use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of > the original message. 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