Hans - I thank you for your attention to detail. I did mean Joseph Reicha, not Anton, and as a former semiprofessional copyist and music history major, I am aware that in the 1700's everything was done by hand. Thus many transliterations and misspellings, etc. [such as mine,] I also know that fatique and eyestrain are all too common in that profession. I have not done a side by side analysis of the melodic and thematic content so as to have a sure foundation for my opinion. I base it on my listening analysis of both of them. I have been listening to the Reicha for over 21 years [at least three times a year] and the Haydn/Rosetti for over 15. When I can afford to purchase the music I will do the previously mentioned solid analysis. I carefully avoided any reference to quality or my enjoyment of the concertos because I believe that if you like something, it may not matter who wrote it. I like them both, but the authorship question is irrelevant to my pleasure when I listen to them. Figuring out who wrote what fulfills another need and gives me the satisfaction of "the hunt." For those who don't know the Oettingen-Wallerstein court was home to a pretty unique group of compsitions for two horns that as far as I know remains the only court to have built up such a library. This whole Haydn topic naturally leads to my proposing the following question: did Haydn write both of the solo horn concertos currently attributed to him?
Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: He, he, it was not Reiche but Reicha at the Oettingen Wallerstein court, a very big difference. And Heiden was a very common spelling then. You find it at other libraries as well. The copies were not written by the composer but by copyists who were in a hurry always. The melody source was the common "melody reservoir" of Southern Germany, Austria & Bohemia anyway. Yes it is a bit to earthen for papa Haydn, off course. But does it matter ? It is played all over the world. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
