I saw a Contra Poster on TV this week. It was on the Steve Harvey Show (WB I think) in which he plays a music teacher in a HS. It is on his classroom door and...
Hello Guy and list: After decades of playing contra, I am playing my first Berlioz part, overture to "Judges of the Secret Court" Opus 3. How many other...
Roger SOREN
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Jul 7, 2005 4:21 pm
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Well, according to my orchestral excerpt CD :) Funeral and Triumphal Symphony has a contra part as well, and a pretty substantial one at that! There might be...
"Benvenuto Cellini" has a doubling part... G. ... From: Roger SOREN To: contrabassoon@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:20 AM Subject: [Kfg]...
Trent, what orchestral excerpt CD is that? Roger ... From: "Trent Jacobs" <tjbassoon@...> To: <contrabassoon@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 07,...
Roger SOREN
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Jul 8, 2005 12:37 am
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Oops! No it doesn't... <grin> ... From: Guy Mallery To: contrabassoon@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [Kfg] Berlioz Contra...
"The Orchestral Musician's CD-ROM Library" I want to say that Hal Leonard makes them. It's a series of CDs with orchestral parts in (printable) PDF format on...
Thanks Trent. I am aware of these, but nice to know what's on them. Didn't know Berlioz was one of them. Roger ... From: "Trent Jacobs"...
Roger SOREN
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Jul 8, 2005 3:48 pm
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Hello folks, Went to my trusty Edwin F. Kalmus catalog and looked through every Berlioz listing for contra. Found only those cited so far: Judges of the Secret...
... I went through this with Peter Bloom, the eminent Berlioz scholar, a couple of years ago. These are the only two pieces B. wrote with contra. The contra...
Robert Howe
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Jul 9, 2005 7:23 pm
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I have a Fox hard case to sell. I have decided to stick with a soft case for now (yes, I know the issues associated with this). The case is nice inside and...
... a/body_flexter_usa.htm Hello. I'm just wondering whether there is an update on this post? We are considering using this as the research document...
I´m looking for kirby nelson, he graduated from Northern Illinois in 85 and went to Hong Kong Symphony as a contrabassoonist. Does anyone knows abou this guy?...
Yeah, Kirby is in Penn., New Castle? Is that the town near Pitts? He's got a Wolf Contraforte and looking for a buyer. He called me last week. Roger Soren ...
Roger SOREN
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Jul 16, 2005 3:05 am
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Yeah, Kirby is in Penn., New Castle? Is that the town near Pitts? He's got a Wolf Contraforte and looking for a buyer. He called me last week. Roger Soren ...
No, Kirby is selling it as a salesman I believe. He's not performing professionally anymore from what he told me. He's still got his very old Heckel. Roger ...
Roger SOREN
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Jul 16, 2005 3:53 pm
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Kirby is simply passing along information about a NEW contraforte for sale. He is a good friend, and helping me by spreading the word. I am Wolf's...
So, there are now at least two Wolf representatives in the US? Arthur and Robin? The more the merrier? Make any sense? Can I be one too? And have a Contraforte...
Hey friends from the contrabassoon clube can any of you explain to me what is this bussines of Crantra forte, wolf and other terms that you all are using? I ...
Do a search on "Wolf Contraforte" and have a look at a new instrument that Wolf has been making for a little over two years in Germany. Dave ... From: ebnezer...
All, I had the wonderful fortune to be asked to play contra for a local opera's production of Britten's "Gloriana." What a great gig for contra! Britten didn't...
Harry, why the "searing" note? Wolf makes many instruments besides the contra, including the finest historical reproductions on the market, not to mention the...
Allow me to attempt a clarification. The "contraforte" is a totally new contra design, from the bottom up. It is, however, a contrabassoon. The contra has been...
