Re: Period vs Modern instruments?

Peter T. Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> This reminds me of something I described last spring. At the Goldman
> Band's Memorial Day concert in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, one piece
> called for "Taps" to be integrated into a suite of related songs played
> by the full concert band. "Taps" was played not on a bugle, but on a
> fanfare trumpet (I think identical to an orchestral trumpet except that
> it's straight rather than coiled). I assume the trumpet was used so that
> it would be in tune with the band, but "Taps" didn't sound right --
> because we always hear it played on a solo bugle with its natural
> harmonics, while the trumpet's notes are not pure harmonics.
> 
> Similarly, I think Britten's Serenade calls for a natural horn for the
> opening and closing fanfares, and a valve horn for the songs.

I don't think so. The Prologue and Epilogue are to be played on *natural
harmonics* not on a natural horn. Still very spooky.

Glad to see you're maintaining your fast grip on the facts, Peter.

MJHaslam