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CB - first of all thanks for your

interesting perspective on trumpet parts. But...

"Mozart's and Haydn's symphonies were routinely performed with ensembles of 30 to 40 players, and both composers were apparently satisfied with that."

This is simply false. There is a letter from Mozart written in the mid 1780s in which he states that his favored performance forces for orchestral works numbered about a hundred players. Smaller performance forces were dictated by economics and not by artistic intentions.


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