Re: Dennis Brain's horn [was: Period vs Modern instruments?]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter T. Daniels
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>> *  What he actually got was the 14th, because that's what Brain played
>> for the notated A, and what all players in the British tradition have
>> played since.  Britten was there, knew the difference, and didn't mind,
>> according to Pears.  You can hear the 13th on a fairly recent recording
>> by a Czech player.
>
>Where does Pears say this?

I got this from a lecture by Michael Thompson, principal horn of the
London Sinfonietta etc., at a lecture that he gave at "State of the
Nation" (April this year, IIRC).  I asked him why UK players continued
to play the 14th when Britten obviously wanted the 13th (he would have
notated a Bb if he had wanted the 14th), and he said he had heard it
directly from Pears after Britten's death.
 
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Ken Moore
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pg composition student, University of Reading