[Trombone-l] alto or tenor of first trombone

[Keith Marr]

Can't really see how caveat emptor applies when you're not actually buying 
something. Most folks understanding of the term is "buyer beware".

Trust me, I've worked in a University, most the professors I knew had been 
dead at least four years.

Cheers!

Keith in Bb/F/D
Bass Trombone
St Albans Symphony Orchestra
North Herts Big Band

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Weiner" <h.weiner at online.de>
To: "Raymond Horton" <rayhorton at insightbb.com>
Cc: <TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] alto or tenor of first trombone


At 10:50 18.03.2007 -0400, Raymond Horton wrote:
>With what do you disagree, Howard?

Well, for one thing there are a lot of mistakes
-- too many for this to be considered a reliable secondary source.

Some mistakes might be attributable to an
automatic spelling correction function: Mozart's
"Thamos, König in Ägypten," for example, is
referred to as "Thomas, König in Ägypten" (Chapter 1, footnote 14).

Others are less easily explained as computer
glitches, for example, in Chapter 5, Table 5.1,
Joseph Hilmer is listed as trombone professor at
the Prague Conservatory from 1903 to 1934. Yet,
in footnote 23 we read: "Usák, op. cit., p. 160,
citing Hoffmeister's obituary speech for Hilmer
in 1930." -- Are we to believe that Hilmer
continued teaching for four years after his death? Talk about dedication!

Or at the very bottom of Chapter 4: "Archival
material strongly suggests that in the first
performances of [Brahms'] Symphony No. 1 and
Symphony No. 2, the trombonists used valved
instruments." The source cited in the footnote
"Haus-Hof-Stadt-Archiv, Wien: Oper/K80/1884/Nr.
557," however, is problematic: the proper name of
the archive is "Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv" and
the document "Oper/K80/1884/Nr. 557" has nothing
at all to do with the first performances of
Brahms' 1st and 2nd symphonies, nor with his 3rd
and 4th symphonies. (I have a photocopy of this document in my possession.)

There is more, but I really don't have the time
right now. In any event, I reiterate: caveat emptor!

Howard


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Howard Weiner
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