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- From: m1wrp99@milo.uucp (William R. Palenske)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
- Subject: Re: lost masterpieces was re:
- Message-ID: <18430@fed.FRB.GOV>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 16:25:10 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.4216.25743@dosgate>
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- alexander inglis writes:
- > >z Subject: Lost Masterpieces was Re: Dresden was Re: One-work-composers
- [stuff deleted]
- >SA>>--The other 100 Bach cantatas
- > >>...and, of course, John Ernest Galliard's Sonata for 24 bassoons
- > >>and continuo -- though that one may have been destroyed on purpose. 8-)
- [stuff deleted]
- >If you're looking for a recording with a need for an unreasonable
- >number of wind players ... try Handel's Musick for the Royal Fireworks
- >on Hyperion with a (supplemented) King's Consort. The 1749 scoring they
- >play calls for 24 oboes, 12 bassoons, 9 trumpets, 9 horns, 4 sets of
- >timpani and deaf neighbours.
-
- wasn't the music to accompany a fireworks display ? [ i guess that's what
- i deduce from the title. ] i, myself, haven't heard any quiet fireworks
- displays. maybe handel wanted some of the folks to have a _chance_ to
- hear some music and see fireworks similtaneously? maybe ?
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