. Orchestration . Ted. Sincehis day this type of characterization has become common. See, for instance, the Andantecon Moto—the so-called Pilgrims March —in Mendelssohns Italian has employed the instrument with the same object both in Tannhduser andLohengrin. 2Example 247. 3 Example 141. Page 344. THE VIOLA 393 stave for reasons of space. The 4th Horn-part in the bass-clef transposesdownwards in the way usual in modern Scores. The vertical arrange-ment of the Wood-Wind parts,1 the momentary introduction of theOboes on the two climax-bars of the tune (bars 8 and 16), and thephra
. Orchestration . Ted. Sincehis day this type of characterization has become common. See, for instance, the Andantecon Moto—the so-called Pilgrims March —in Mendelssohns Italian has employed the instrument with the same object both in Tannhduser andLohengrin. 2Example 247. 3 Example 141. Page 344. THE VIOLA 393 stave for reasons of space. The 4th Horn-part in the bass-clef transposesdownwards in the way usual in modern Scores. The vertical arrange-ment of the Wood-Wind parts,1 the momentary introduction of theOboes on the two climax-bars of the tune (bars 8 and 16), and thephrasing of the String cantabile are all worth attention. 2 Oboes. 2 Clarinetsin A. 2 Bas Violas. Cellos andDouble-Basses.(the latter soundingan octave lower.) jyn m EXAMPLE Moderato. Frank Bridge. Isabella. » m pp f PPT M0- m pp Ellt^C pp Con m in w as f m -$? w m m t ^ s i & m£ 1 F- mm H 1 9— English Horn,. pp p 1 See also the arrangement of the Wood-Wind in the short extract from WagnerLohengrin given under Bass-Clarinet, Example 192. 394 ORCHESTRATION The bottom-string1 of the Viola is the most characteristic of all. Infact, to the average concert-goer the Viola is only a Viola when it ison its bottom-string. Sombre, austere, sometimes even forbidding,2its mere sound, even in the simplest phrases, is sufficient to conjure upthe image of Tragedy. Indeed, the simpler and more persistent thephrase the greater its effect when played on the Viola. Gevaertmentions the impressive effect produced in Act III. of Robert le Diableby these few Viola notes: EXAMPLE di Valse Infernale. Meyerbeer. Robert le Diable. Bassoons Violas. Cellos.
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