Hello again.
As I look through the score, yes the first time the
Horn plays that passage, it IS a Horn in E, playing
Written B-Flats as needed, to sound in Concert D
Major. Later the Solo Cello plays it at least one more
time, again in Concert D Major.
Of those of you who have performed the gorgeous
famous Horn Solo from the First Movement of the
Dvorak Cello Concerto, could you tell us with which
cellists and orchestras you played it? I have also been
looking on the internet to see if there are any recordings
with Dennis Brain or other famous Horn Players doing
that Solo passage, but I'm not having much luck.
I am also curious as to WHEN most composers
switched to writing for Modern Valved Horns. Dvorak
wrote this Cello Concerto in 1895, and included at least
one spot where the Second Flutist had to play the Low
B-Natural, which began being manufactured in 1877! I
would think it was a bit risky for Dvorak to expect that
all orchestras in the Late 1890's to have a "B-Foot
Extension" for their Second Flute Players (who also
have to switch to Piccolo a few times), but his Horns
are still using Crooks?!? Wasn't Wagner writing for
Valved Horns in the 1880's?
Bear Woodson
Composer in Tucson, Arizona, USA
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