I couldn't agree more Hans. I knew that Szell liked to double winds and especially with the big orchestra it makes great sense. Adding the assistant seemed silly, but I had to say that I witnessed it!
c >>> Hans Pizka <[email protected]> 4/4/2011 11:07 AM >>> Chris, something really misunderstood by Georg Szell & by the American use of an assistant. In this special case, the assistant was really too much, as they had doubled the parts anyway. Why did Szell double the wind parts special the horns ? He did not like, that they force when playing forte or fortissimo. He liked the broader sound if the parts were doubled. He was not alone with this opinion, and it was a very good idea. ##################################################################################### Am 04.04.2011 um 16:42 schrieb Chris Wilhjelm: > > Well just use Georg Szell and Cleveland as your guide. I remember a > performance of Beethoven 6 with 5 horn players on stage. Both parts doubled > plus an assistant. I think it was his practice to double quite liberally. > > c > >>>> "William.S.Gross" <[email protected]> 4/4/2011 10:12 AM >>> > >> > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/cwilhjelm%40pascack.k12.nj.us _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
