| Re: Help with the Cornetto part for Un Bal from Symphonie fantastique
Does anyone know why the part is labeled "cornetto"? I can't help but think of the Renaissance cornetto. Obviously the part wasn't written for that instrument (it died out well before Berlioz time). But, typically the term cornetto was used in Italy during the Renaissance and Baroque to mean the hybrid woodwind/brass instrument (called Cornett in England, Zink in Germany, etc). Does anyone have any additional insight as to why the part says cornetto instead of cornet? |