Re: Re: Re: Berlioz Te Deum ... Saxhorn Parts?????


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Posted by A little more... on November 05, 2001 at 19:28:21:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Berlioz Te Deum ... Saxhorn Parts????? posted by Chuck(G) on November 05, 2001 at 19:11:53:

Here's what Phillip Legge says on his site regarding this part:

"In fact there is only one essential difference in instrumentation aside from the harps (which have nothing to do in the rest of the work), which is the inclusion of the then-newly invented piccolo saxhorn in high B flat. In practice the part for saxhorn could be played on a modern piccolo trumpet, if it were impossible to obtain an original instrument. The saxhorn is heard prominently as a solo instrument at bar 52, where the opening choral entry of the Te Deum laudamus is quoted; shortly after the descending scale is heard with the entry of the pipe organ..."

So, I don't think you'll be playing this part on a tuba anytime soon!

Cheers,
Chuck



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