. Modern orchestration and instrumentation : or, The art of instrumentation ; containing detailed descriptions of the character and peculiarities of all instruments and their practical employment. ferentlypitched instruments ; it must not be imaginedthat their employment in this manner was duetoany accident or caprice, but because he wished to produce a specially bright-sounding tonal-quality. Taking a look at this master-work wefind that the String Quintette is assisted merelyby I Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Bassoons and 2 Horn parts are written in such an ingeniousmanner as to employ only na


. Modern orchestration and instrumentation : or, The art of instrumentation ; containing detailed descriptions of the character and peculiarities of all instruments and their practical employment. ferentlypitched instruments ; it must not be imaginedthat their employment in this manner was duetoany accident or caprice, but because he wished to produce a specially bright-sounding tonal-quality. Taking a look at this master-work wefind that the String Quintette is assisted merelyby I Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Bassoons and 2 Horn parts are written in such an ingeniousmanner as to employ only natural tones, the 1stpart being executed upon a high B flat and the2nd part upon a high G Horn. The modern Horn-player who uses nothingbut the F Horn naturally fails to produce thispeculiar tonal-quality which cannot possibly beproduced in as bright and brilliant a mannerupon this instrument as upon the originally pre-scribed B-flat and G Horns. 128 KLINGS MODERN INSTRUMENTATION AND ORCHESTRATION. It is therefore of frequent occurrence that the I the above symphony is not properly executedfollowing charming passage from the Minuet of EXTRACT FROM THE MINUET OF THE G MINOR SYMPHONY. This is also the case with the following Horn passage from Tell ; r\ nil ^ I N I ^ I N 4-J- -t=$ ^-=x ^^.—r-r x-t- Now-a-days it is customary to score for 4Horns: for instance, the first two parts for Fand the other two for C Horn, similar to the celebrated Horn-quartette of the Freischiitzoverture, presented in the following example : EXTRACT FROM THE FREISCHUTZ OVERTURE. C. M. VON Webef Corni in ( Fa.)(Horns in F.)


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