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

Ken Moore wrote:
> 
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter T. Daniels
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >
> >Isn't it nice that you have Michael telling us that that interesting
> >information was irrelevant?
> 
> Irrelevant to whom?  

You'll have to ask Mr. Haslam why he considers the oral tradition
irrelevant.

> 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.

BB was not averse to devising new notational devices. You'd think hed've
done the same in this instance.
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Peter T. Daniels                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]