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Manny Laureano · 03-31-2007, 06:47 PM

Thou art way over-thinking this.

I've never heard of a principal playing anything other than the 1st part on Shosty 1. The third player plays the F alta part and that's pretty much that.

The C-alta designation just means that instead of transposing up as most F parts are performed, you transpose in F but an octave lower. So, instead of up a fifth, you transpose down a fourth. Old-school Russian orchestration.

ML

03-31-2007, 06:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Manny Laureano Utimate User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: USA Posts: 5,989	Re: Shostakovich #1, 3rd trumpet? Thou art way over-thinking this. I've never heard of a principal playing anything other than the 1st part on Shosty 1. The third player plays the F alta part and that's pretty much that. The C-alta designation just means that instead of transposing up as most F parts are performed, you transpose in F but an octave lower. So, instead of up a fifth, you transpose down a fourth. Old-school Russian orchestration. ML