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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: I am at work so can't give you a specific posted by jult52 on March 25, 2011 at 08:51:06:
that nobody has mentioned. Even though all these composers had "pipe dreams" of mega-ensembles, their music (at least Mozart's and Haydn's) was almost always composed with the sound of smaller ensembles in mind. And at the world premieres, performed that way. Mozart's symphonies and piano concertos, for example, are replete with woodwind writing (solos) that can get lost in the context of a 100-piece orchestra. Thankfully, many conductors nowadays pare down the strings when performing these works. Benefits the balance of soloist to orchestra, too.
Obviously, this is a tenet of the period instrument crowd, but I think the concept is equally valid on modern instruments--from an artistic/musical perspective. I'm more interested in the musical results, rather than what pleases the historians.
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