Short for baritone saxhorn (not saxophone, which is a reed instrument), one of the many brass instruments invented by Adolph Sax. It's similar to a euphonium (the bore is a little different) and has the same range as a Bb trombone. In the US (at least), they are used almost exclusively in marching or concert bands (which is where I played one, lo these many years).
Guy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stuart Walsh Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 2:51 PM To: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Autumn Waltz (Howard Skempton 1976) This is a tiny piece, about one minute, originally for two baritone horns (whatever they are). It's just simple two-part music and it fits on a lute very well. Howard Skempton is usually classified as an 'experimental' composer but this little piece just uses simple musical phrases and no harm took place to any lutes during the performance of the piece. It's in 3/4 but not obviously a waltz. As it's called Autumn Waltz I took a little video of the lovely Spring weather today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsnEF0TvN7g Stuart To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
