The reference to Steve Freides as the main source in this discussion is interesting.
He draws no conclusion on the octave of the Bb horns. And he speaks for a reductive harmonic analysis, which does not incorporate the main element of relevance: Mozarts style of blending or not blending lines in the bass range. I don’t say my analysis is right, but I say its subject is important. Klaus ________________________________ From: Ralph Hall <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 10:25:06 AM Subject: [Hornlist] K466 Ralph R. Hall [email protected] Ralph R. Hall http://www.brasshausmusic.com Interesting discussion on this and the most interesting post was from Steve Freides who says everything we need to know. And that's my point - we do need to know these things before we make musical and judgmental opinions. I've played this concerto a few times and it is definitely Bb alto. Mozart chooses an unusual key for the Andante, not F major or D major, but the sub-dominant of the relative major. It is generally accepted that this concerto presages the Beethoven concertos, and indeed he was so impressed by it that Beethoven wrote two cadenzas for it. I only proffer this additional information because so many times the questions and comments on this list seem to speak of a (horn) community existing in isolation from the rest of our musical colleagues. Horn players are special - we all know that - otherwise we wouldn't be playing the damn thing, but when we play we have to connect both with others, and the music we perform. As for Lawrence, I pity working for a conductor, in the Classical repertoire, who doesn't know what alto and basso mean for the horns. What else doesn't he/she know about? Ralph R. Hall _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterbbb%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
