13th or 14th harmonic? [was: Dennis Brain's horn ]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter T. Daniels
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>Isn't it nice that you have Michael telling us that that interesting
>information was irrelevant?

Irrelevant to whom?  Clearly I have two things in common with MT, even
if we are at opposite ends of the spectrum of horn players: since he
actually raised the question with Pears, he is as interested as I am in
what notes to play, given notation that is ambiguous, and whether the
composer cares about the different choices.  Some horn players consider
that Brain's choice, in Britten's presence, wraps the matter up; some
horn players, possibly not knowing the tradition but more likely
deciding to strike out on their own path, take a different
interpretation.

-- 
Ken Moore
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pg composition student, University of Reading