. Modern orchestration and instrumentation : or, The art of instrumentation ; containing detailed descriptions of the character and peculiarities of all instruments and their practical employment. sgenerally pitched in A flat, and the compass asgiven below will therefore sound a sixth higher. r. P p . *chromatic. 25. THE ANVIL. (I)ER A MHOS.) Anvils of different sizes, and tuned in a varietyof ways, are in use; they are struck with ham-mers. They are usually employed in pairs,which are tuned in thirds : — t^r ^ M^m s |iii3= They have been used in a characteristic man-ner for Anvil-polkas, etc.
. Modern orchestration and instrumentation : or, The art of instrumentation ; containing detailed descriptions of the character and peculiarities of all instruments and their practical employment. sgenerally pitched in A flat, and the compass asgiven below will therefore sound a sixth higher. r. P p . *chromatic. 25. THE ANVIL. (I)ER A MHOS.) Anvils of different sizes, and tuned in a varietyof ways, are in use; they are struck with ham-mers. They are usually employed in pairs,which are tuned in thirds : — t^r ^ M^m s |iii3= They have been used in a characteristic man-ner for Anvil-polkas, etc., by different employed them in •• II Trovatore, and 198 R. Wagner in Siegfried, while such composersas Parlow, Bleger, Beck, etc., employed themin polkas, marches, etc. The 18 Anvils used in Rheingold createda great sensation at the time. They are partly KLINGS MODERN INSTRUMENTATION AND ORCHESTRATION. tuned to ^==1^ to §i=f and to ^^—r and of course execute only rhythmic figures, while theString instruments and 4 Horns execute the so-called Forge motive repeatedly. EXTRACT FROM DAS RHEINGOLD. R. Wagner. 6 kleine Ambosse (6 little Anvils.) (6 very large Anvils.). 26. THE WIND MACHINE. (die windmaschine.) Special machines constructed to imitate therush of wind or a hurricane. In case such amachine cannot be procured, the wind can alsobe imitated by rubbing an ordinary clothes-brush across the head of a Kettle-Drum. ~^~—g? —z?———g —/^ — ■ PP-^^-=7. 27. THE RAIN MACHINE. (die regenmaschine.) A round machine filled with peas, which isslowly turned. In order to imitate hail^ thepeas are replaced by little pebbles. i w i^; GROUP [V. —DIFFERENT SMALLER INSTRUMENTS. 199 28. THE POP-GUN. (l)IK KNALLBUCHSE.) For use in Champagne Galops in the manneras Lumbye and Metra employed it in this kindof composition. ?E?=£ =?=^£ ^=r=^ The Artillery Cannon was used in connectionwith musical productions as early as 1785, whenSarti employed it in the prod
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