[Trombone-l] Baritone question

[Dick Sleeman]

Hi Jim, you wrote o.a.:

> Many players would choose to play major orchestral solos like the Mahler
> 7th and the Shostakovitch - Age of Gold on a modern large bore euphonium,
> while others take the composers' designation of B flat Tenor Horn as an
> indication for the smaller British baritone. Even this designation brings
> more confusion, since in Britain, the Tenor Horn is an E flat instrument
> that in North America is usually called the Alto Horn.

That's why Mahler did NOT designate a "B flat Tenor Horn ", but a "B 
Tenorhorn" in German.

Regards,

Dick Sleeman