Re: [Hornlist] Dvorak Horn Solo, Part 2

[DalleyHN]

In my opinion Dvorak wrote for valve horns, just as Brahms did. But he chose 
transpositions for horns for several reasons: 1. was to eliminate 
accidentals if the part had been written in F. Wagner specifically spoke to 
this, I believe in one of his letters. 2. to infer relationships with the 
pairs of horns to the other instruments in the orchestra. Note that in the 
6th, 7th, 8th and 9th symphonies Dvorak scored the first two horns in higher 
transpositions and scored then with the winds (frequently), and scored the 
second two horns in lower transpositions ad scored them with the brass and 
lower strings (frequently), of course with notable exceptions. I played the 
solo for Piatagorsky and Nelsova as well as my mother (an excellent 
cellist), and my sister (also an excellent cellist).I played it several 
times at Interlochen with high school soloists that I can no longer 
remember, and later with two community orchestras with their first chair 
cellists as soloists. As to when valve horns were written for, I will have 
to look it up, but I think it was as early as 1824. 

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