Hello Klaus, as the Missa was written after 1796, horns (or crooks) in Bb-basso (I owned just one from mid 19th cen.) or a coupler to be used with C-basso crook was possible. But Haydn liked the horn sound & the trumpet sound & often used them to play< uniso, to give the horns a more silvery sound & to soften the trumpets. This mixed sound was his ideal obviously, a sound one might not listen too very often today. As for all works of this particular time, the horns must be played very light, no heavy sound, no pounding ! Too often we can hear horns sound like oven pipes or like castrated alto-trombones today. And it is mere nonsense to carry a full double or even worse a full triple & not using all sound-color-possibilities.
============================================================ ============================================= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:48 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Haydn Harmoniemesse Technically very easy! But there is a problem! I took part in rehearsals and performance, and asked whether Bb alto or Bb basso. The conductor said basso. Which I since have realised being wrong. One of the last movements has a simple horn duo with the trumpets accompanying. This setting makes no sense at all with horns in Bb basso. Since then I have read Hans Pizka saying that Haydn would set Bb trumpets and Bb horns in the same octave. Not a normal pattern, but then Bb (and rarily C) are the only keys which in the classical repertory may cause doubt whether up or down. The Bb alto reading takes reasonably secure players. Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre --- On Mon, 9/29/08, Tim Costen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Tim Costen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Hornlist] Haydn Harmoniemesse > To: "The Horn List" <horn@music.memphis.edu> > Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 4:19 PM Dear Hornlist, > > Without wanting to put anyone to undue trouble, can someone give me a > rough idea about the horn parts for the Haydn "Harmoniemesse"? I been > asked to help find someone to play first horn in a concert which > includes this, and want to make sure that whoever I suggest is > suitable for the job (the rest of the programme is not too hard). > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterbbb %40yahoo.c > om _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
