There's a YouTube video of von Karajan leading Beethoven #5 with the horn parts quadrupled.
Bruce E. Clausen On 4/4/2011 8:07 AM, Hans Pizka wrote: > 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/bruce.clausen%40verizon.net > > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
