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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:11:51 -0800
From: Grant Green
Subject: Re: [CB] Recordings
>I can't help you with Fanfare la Sirene, but the band is the Garde
>Republicaine Band (Band of the Republican Guard) It's the French national
>band and is definitely still in existence. It's a great virtuoso ensemble,
>the equivalent of the Marine Band except larger. I have an LP of them, and
>I'm pretty sure they have some CDs out. There's a wonderful description of
>them in Robert Willaman's book, The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing.Thanks Ken, but I'm not sure that this is the same band. Their website says their complement is: "La "batterie" placée sous les ordres d'un tambour-major et comprenant 15 tambours et 20 clairons;
"L'harmonie" commandée par un major et comprenant : 2 flûtes 1 hautbois 10 clarinettes 2 saxo alto 2 saxo ténor 2 saxo baryton 7 trompettes cornets 3 bugles 4 cors d'harmonie 4 trombones 6 saxhorns basses, contrebasse 4 percussions."This translates something like: 15 drums + 20 bugles, and a harmony section of 2 flutes, 1 oboe, 10 clarinets, 2 alto saxes, 2 tenor saxes, 2 bari saxes, 7 trumpets/cornets, 3 bugles (flugelhorns?), 4 horns, 4 trombones, 6 euphoniums/tubas, string bass, and 4 percussionists.
The reason I'm looking is that I've seen more than one reference to the group having a particular concentration of low woodwinds, including bass sax and one or more sarrusophones. Apart from having 2 bari saxes, this band doesn't seem to meet the description (not even any bassoons!). Unless perhaps 5 of the 10 clarinets are basses & contrabasses ;-) One of the references was an old edition of Grove's - it definitely said "Garde Nationale", although perhaps that group is long defunct now...
Thanks,
Grant
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Grant Green
Sarrusophones, contrabass reeds, &
other brobdignagian acoustic exotica http://www.contrabass.com
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---------------------------------------------------------Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:15:05 -0800
From: Grant Green
Subject: Re: [CB] I guess nobody makes a "5/4" F horn for playing 4th
> Why bother, we have F tubas. Oscar
Not quite the same thing, I think. Horn players now have choices between F horn, F/Bb double horn, Bb horn, F alto (an octave above the "standard" F horn), Bb/F alto double horn, and F/Bb/F alto triple horn. And possibly a few more... Most of the horn "improvements" are apparently designed to extend the upper range - I just wondered if anyone bothers to extend or improve the low range of the horn.
Other than Roger Bobo, of course ;-)
Grant
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Grant Green
Sarrusophones, contrabass reeds, &
other brobdignagian acoustic exotica http://www.contrabass.com
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---------------------------------------------------------Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:42:53 -0800
From: "Chuck Guzis"
Subject: Re: [CB] I guess nobody makes a "5/4" F horn for playingOn 2/22/2002, Grant Green wrote:
>I just wondered
>if anyone bothers to extend or improve the low range of the horn.
>Other than Roger Bobo, of course ;-)Grant, isn't that called a "Wagner Tuba"?
Cheers,
Chuck
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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:30:03 -0800
From: tubadave
Subject: Re: [CB] [CB Digest]Yes, There happens to be a Helicon for sale on the Tuba BBS.
http://www.chisham.com/wwwboard/messages/86146.html
I hope it's still there. ALL instruments were price TO SELL.
David F.
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