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Hindemith: Symphony in B flat for Concert Band
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:37 am
by JTJ
The wind ensemble I play in has just begun working up the Hindemith. It premiered in 1951, when he was living in the USA. When he scored for "baritone" what instrument did he have in mind? I would guess the American baritone/euphonium of the time, but does anyone know definitely?
John
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:39 pm
by Lew
cc_tuba_guy wrote:What else would be meant by "baritone"? ...
Baritone could mean the English baritone horn, which has a smaller bell and a more concial bore than the American baritone horn, or euphonium. If you were to play it on a euphonium it could have a darker sound than intended.
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:42 pm
by Alex C
I agree. Baritone. However, there's nothing wrong with euphonium. I have an old recording of Hindemith conducting the "London Winds" in a performance of the Symphony. It's definitely an English Euphonium player on record.
Hindemith was intimately familiar with the wind instruments by virtue of his learning to play so many of the them. He was passably good on every instrument he wrote a Sonata for, I've read.