Re: Period vs Modern instruments?

Peter T. Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Ken Moore wrote:
> > 
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter T. Daniels
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> > >> The BBC library have a recording of Mr Brain playing the Britten
> > >> prologue (conducted by forgotten Harry Newstone) on his 1818 Raoux and
> > >> broadcast I think in 1954 or 1955.
> > >
> > >That would pretty much prove that the prologue (repeated at the end) was
> > >composed for the natural horn, and the wise horner won't use a valve
> > >horn for it.
> > 
> > It proves nothing of the sort.  The Serenade was composed in 1943 and,
> > IIRC, first performed in England.  The most usual design of horn in the
> > UK at that time was an instrument in the French style, with fairly
> > narrow bore and three piston valves*, most often, but not invariably,
> > used with an F crook.  Brain's Raoux (which he used for all the
> > movements of the Serenade) 
> 
> How do you know that? Michael just told us that he was "forced" to use a
> different instrument for the prologue and epilogue.

I did no such thing, Peter. Read again, this time for comprehension.

MJHaslam