Dear group Last saturday I found this book. It's plenty of exhaustive information about the hautboys and, of course, about all the other instruments. Oops:...
Joseba Berrocal
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Aug 1, 2005 8:23 am
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Dear All, I hope you don't mind me sending this in for a friend - who has tried many times to get himself onto the list but has not managed it yet! best...
... Out of curiosity, what specimen was used as a model for this oboe? is it really a Grenser, or a Floth (like Sand Dalton used)? Grenser derided the use of...
Robert Howe
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Aug 4, 2005 5:48 am
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As a composer, performer, and educator, I am constantly concerned with the future of art music. A recent newspaper article about the Pittsburgh Symphony budget...
I was interested to read Dr. Brandon's comments in the light of a conversation I had at a party recently. A young composition student (who shall remain...
sslocum@...
Aug 4, 2005 8:22 pm
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I really like the Ideas in this report, but by reading it was not clear to me if the writer was more concern about the art itself or the jobs that are...
Hi All, This is a question for Robert Howe. Robert, was it August or Heinrich Grenser that "derided" the use of excessive keys? From the original flutes,...
There's the $64K question! Let me look back at my references, I think it was the son, writing in the late 18thc, but one should confirm... Robert...
Robert Howe
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Aug 5, 2005 10:50 am
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Hi Robert, Karim, et al., The oboe that Toshi copied was a Heinrich Grenser specimen that is in the the Musikmuseet in Stockholm; he came across it while...
I have always understood it to have been August, the Uncle, but without ever having seen the reference. It may be that the story has been slightly exaggerated...
This discussion of keys on late 18th/early 19th cent. instruments is reminding me of an interesting experiment I tried this summer on my workshop students. One...
Sand & Tara Dalton
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Aug 6, 2005 3:41 pm
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Very interesting stuff Sand, thank you - am inspired to give it a try. I too have been advocating 6th comma meantone, with some vague notion that it is ...
Hi everyone, The "Why I hate Valotti" article is by Ross Duffin, and is available on his school website if you scroll down to access the "other online...
... I have an enormous book on Tuning, by one Owen Jorgenson of Michigan State. It claims that Equual Temperament was NOT in fact equal until the invention of...
Robert Howe
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Aug 8, 2005 2:28 am
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Conversations about temperament can easily become a can of worms: the whole idea of a temperament was to make a fixed-pitch keyboard instrument sound...
Stephen, You make a very interesting point regarding the evolution of the oboe in the early 19th century. It would seem that the oboe was forced, by quasi...
Steve, The thing that was so striking to me in hearing the experiment was how much better sounding the whole effect was when the "environment" was 1/4 comma. ...
Sand & Tara Dalton
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Aug 8, 2005 5:05 pm
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In discussing the role of the oboe in later times, one should not forget that the instrument was a vital and valuable part of the orchestral tutti from the...
Cecil Adkins
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Aug 8, 2005 5:56 pm
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With this view of the oboe, the Vienna oboe would seem attractive as a modern variant. Paul...
P. Hailperin
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Aug 9, 2005 8:15 am
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... To me, the Vienna oboe *is* in fact a very attractive species. It does not have the power of the French oboe but has other very attractive ...
Robert Howe
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Aug 10, 2005 5:05 am
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Thanks for the ref. for this Debra - an interesting, useful and well argued article, I recommend it to all. The musical examples look useful too, although I...
... trombone players in the Cleveland Orchestra. Players one and two used medium bore (0.525 inch) straight tenor trombones routinely; player one used a small...
... I'm the one who got off topic, Ken...hearing the Beethoven 5th at Carnegie Hall with Cleveland in 2000, first trombonist used a large bore tenor-bass. He...
Robert Howe
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Aug 11, 2005 11:35 am
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Hi Robert, Thanks for your post regarding the Wiener oboe. I am getting one from Guntram Wolf and hopefully it will arrive in a few weeks. You can certainly...
hello Wai kit Leung, l just wanted to ask you if you don't mind of course::: as soon as you get your new vienese oboe would you tell us how you feel with it ,l...
Paul, I am intrinsically attracted to the Wiener oboe: I like the fact that it retains many of the design values of early oboes. I fear that it may be so ...
Sorry about that Tyranny of Distance, Andrew. Anybody coming through southern Germany (you can keep hoping...) is welcome to try a Wolf instrument at my place....
P. Hailperin
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Aug 11, 2005 3:42 pm
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Andrew, I couldn't agree more with your next-to-last paragraph. To answer your question, I approach the whole question of tuning heuristically, perhaps to a...
my apolopies on a minor typo: I got the accent wrong way around on the name of André Constantinides. And while I'm at it again, I might mention that there is...
P. Hailperin
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Aug 11, 2005 5:20 pm
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And Steve, I couldn't agree more with your entire post. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. Best, Mary Vinquist...
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