On 11Mar 2011, at 5:51 , Steve Haflich wrote: > I don't know anything about arrangements of this overture. Rossini > is a > fine composer; his works are structurally competent, but not > compositionally brilliant. He relies greatly on orchestration and > effects. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this given the venue > for which he wrote.
I think you are forgetting something, Steve. What about genius? Your statements about structure, orchestration, effects and audience seem to leave that out completely. Rossini had the Gift, like few others (rehearsing his quartets in these days, and we are in wonder about what we discover). Daniel _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
