| Re: E flat Flugelhorn for Mahler's third posthorn solo
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Originally Posted by Jon Kratzer  Maybe it's just me, but I would shy from the flugel. Remember posthorn still has a brilliance to it that Flugels lack. A Cornet would fit tone more, or an actual post horn lol. Just try to get a pure sound and shine with it. I've even used C trumpet with a felt bag over the bell..
Jon | I would not be concerned so much about brilliance...I have a recording with Vienna phil and Bernstein (DVD) and the sound of the posthorn is much nearer to a cornet or a flugel and anyway... Quote:
Originally Posted by Johntpt
"The three-valved post horn in B-flat used on this recording was found in a shop in Vienna and is an exact replica of an instrument in the Austrian Musical Instrument Museum that would have been in use at the time of the symphony's compositions. In the autograph score of 1896 Mahler's word "trumpet" is scratched out by the composer and the word Flugelhorn is clearly legible. "Der Postillon" (mailcoach driver) and "wie die Weise eines Posthorns" (in the manner of a post horn) appear above the solo. The first edition indicated Flugelhorn for the solo, but all later editions call for the Post horn. So, it appears that at some point in between, Mahler changed his mind."
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