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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:26:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Graham Nasby
Subject: Re: [CB] Abbreviations
"bhn" stands for basset horn. Having a person double on bassoon and basset horn is actualy not all that unlikely. There are quite a few bassoon players that double on bass clarinet and vice a versa. The basset horn very similar in many ways to the modern (low-C) bass clarinet. "bhn" is a marking that is used for basset horn a lot...at least in all the reading I have done.
However, it is a bit of mystery why the heck you would have a basset horn in a Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Perhaps he wanted its warm meloncholy sound for some sort of slow piece or something. It's too bad I don't have CD, I'd be able to pick out the sound easily.
Graham
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From: LeliaLoban
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:31:17 EDT
Subject: [CB] Abbreviations
Grant Green wrote,
> I finally picked up a Paul Whiteman CD (Jazz Archives No. 37, 1920/1935),
> and am trying to decipher some of the credits. [snip] A number of musicians
> are credited with "avln" (viola?).
Could "avln" be the acoustic violin, as opposed to the electronic violin, which would be "evln"?
Lelia
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Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 23:32:40 +0000
From: David Bobroff
Subject: [CB] bhn
My reaction to the combination of "bhn, bassoon" is also that it is likely basset horn. Since a basset horn is a type of clarinet it is rather likely that a reed doubler would play that as well as bassoon.
-David Bobroff
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Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 16:41:00 -0700
From: Grant Green
Subject: Re: [CB] Abbreviations
At 07:26 PM 6/4/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>"bhn" stands for basset horn. Having a person double on bassoon and
>basset horn is actualy not all that unlikely. There are quite a few
>bassoon players that double on bass clarinet and vice a versa. The basset
>horn very similar in many ways to the modern (low-C) bass clarinet. "bhn"
>is a marking that is used for basset horn a lot...at least in all the
>reading I have done.
>
>However, it is a bit of mystery why the heck you would have a basset horn
>in a Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Perhaps he wanted its warm meloncholy sound
>for some sort of slow piece or something. It's too bad I don't have CD,
>I'd be able to pick out the sound easily.
Actually, this sounds pretty plausible: it seems to me that PW was after novel arrangements - after all, the same musician is playing bassoon on that track, while the piano player is doubling on celeste, and someone else plays accordion. You can hear the exact track on the Red Hot Jazz page - the full song is reproduced in glorious mono ;-)
Enjoy,
Grant
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 04:07:43 GMT
Subject: (avln) [CB] Abbreviations
From: go_oaw
Things are near standard order, avln is where you would expect alto violin = viola. (bhn) basset horn => Eb clarinet. The difference is pretty small. looks good to me. Oscar
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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 11:33:45 -0700
From: Grant Green
Subject: [CB] Concert Announcement
The San Jose Wind Symphony will be performing again this Friday, June 7, 2002 at Los Gatos High School. This is a joint concert with LGHS - I think it is free... The program includes some combination of the following (the Vaughn Williams is definitely on):
- 76 Trombones, composed by Meredith Willson, arranged by Naohiro Iwai
- Concert for Bass Tuba, composed by R. Vaughn Williams, arranged for band by Robert Hare
- I. Prelude
- LGHS Senior Hamody Hindi, soloist
- Harry Potter Symphonic Suite, composed by John Williams, arranged by Robert W. Smith
- Illyrian Dances, composed by Guy Woolfenden
- III. Gigue
- Jubilee Overture, composed by Philip Sparke
- Kansas Wildcats March, composed by John Philip Sousa
- La Gitana del Abaicín (Pasodoble), composed by Pascual Marquina, revised and edited by Clark McAlister
- Shenandoah, composed by Frank Ticheli
- Variants on a Mediaeval Tune, composed by Norman Dello Joio
Come and enjoy!
Grant
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Subject: Re: [CB] Concert Announcement
From: Eric Mumpower
Date: 05 Jun 2002 18:17:59 -0400
$500 Noblet bass clarinet about to close on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=878591061
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