QUOTE:
"Competitions are for horses, not artists."
AUTHOR: Bela Bartok
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Appreciation of art is individual to each person just as
deciding which foods one likes best or clothing style
one wants to wear so there can be no winners or losers."
COMPOSER
HAYDN
HAYDN
SYMPHONY NO. 31
in D MAJOR HOB. I:31
"Hornsignal" (1765)
Charles Mackerras, Conductor
Orchestra of St. Luke's
in D MAJOR HOB. I:31
"Hornsignal" (1765)
Charles Mackerras, Conductor
Orchestra of St. Luke's
23:26 - (Variation 1)
24:41 - (Variation 2)
26:00 - (Variation 3)
27:10 - (Variation 4)
28:28 - (Variation 5)
29:32 - (Variation 6)
31:01 - (Variation 7)
33:08 - Presto
In May 1765 Haydn's employer,
Prince Nikolaus
employed two new horn players,
Franz Stamitz and Joseph Dietzl,
bringing the strength of the horn
section back to four, as it had been
a few years previously. Haydn took
advantage of this and wrote four
symphonies using four horns. You
might think, so what, four horns are
normal in a modern orchestra, but as
the orchestra was still quite small,
doubling the horn section to four made
a big alteration to the sound. In addition
to the normal string section, there is a
flute and two oboes.
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Natural Horn
The instrument is fitted with a series of changeable medial crooks within the outer coil,
so that it could be played in a number of different keys.
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| http://www.csupomona.edu/~dmgrasmick/mu330/Hornlecture.html |
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| http://www.lipscomb.edu/windbandhistory/rhodeswindband_03_baroque.htm |
