In cases like this, it may be wise to check the key of the piece. Key
and horn tuning usually have things in common.
Per Ottar
Den 18. mars. 2009 kl. 23.18 skrev Jonathan West:
2009/3/18 Valerie WELLS <[email protected]>:
I once played a piece that was Corno in B or Cor in B (not sure
which). As it turned out, it was really horn in B flat, down a
perfect fifth -- what a relief! I've now been given some parts of
Mendelsshon's Elias Oratorium, Erster Theil. It's for Corno III,
in B. I hope this means horn in B flat (down a perfect fifth)
rather than horn in B natural (down an diminished fifth). Can
anyone clarify this for me? Please respond to one of my email
addresses below. I'm on digest & may not see the answer before the
first rehearsal!
The German for Bb is B. The German for B is H. Mendelssohn was German.
You don't see parts for Horn in H very often. The only two pieces in
standard repertoire where I recall seeing horn in H is the second
movement of Brahms 2 (1st & 2nd horns) and a short passage in the 5th
movement of Schumann's Rhenish symphony, in the 3rd & 4th parts.
The first part of Elijah is definitely in the german B (i.e. in Bb)
Regards
Jonathan West
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