Kit Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: I don't know whether individual movements should count, but Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore, 2nd act starts with a horn solo - as I recall.
Bob asked about compositions for orchestra, and HMS Pinafore hardly qualifies. It is an operetta, and the first number in Act II is an aria for the the captain. One might accept an opera overture as a piece for orchestra since some are so often extracted, and also some conceert pieces that include incidental voices (e.g. Beethoven 9, Mahler 4). But pieces that are not primarily orchestral belong in a different category.. I think someone may have mentioned the Op.80 Beethoven Choral Fantasy -- that weird duck is a hard one to categorize, but should probably be considered a Chorale piece (that begins with solo piano). His _Wellingtons Seig_ starts with drum solo, although the score uses the plural "Trommeln" which suggests multiple players. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
