MQOD
Saturday February 21 2009
_Quick runs for the cor anglais sound even worse than they do for the oboe. Its tone is less penetrating, more veiled and deeper than that of the oboe, and is therefore not suitable for expressing the gaiety of rustic tunes. _
-Hector Berlioz, Treatise on Orchestration
HA! If only composers had taken his advice!
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Feb 26, 2009
“Even worse”- hah! Oh Berlioz, we all know you actually love the oboe.