- Title
- Fripperies - Volume 8 (Nos. 29-32)
- Original Title
- Composer
- Shaw, Lowell E.
- Year
- 1989
- Editor
- Arranger
- Year Arranged
- Original Instrumentation
- Type of Arrangement
- Availability
- 1
- Publisher
- Hornists Nest
- Year Published
- 1989
- Catalogue Number
- HN 63
- Sheet Music Format
- A4, Score (9) & parts (4x4=16)
- Horns
- 4
- Additional Equipment
- Others
- Other Instruments
- Difficulty
- 1
- Duration
- 8
- Structure / Movements
- 4 pieces: Frippery no.29: Slow tango Frippery no.30: Lazy blues Frippery no.31: Medium Frippery no.32: Moving along
- Clefs
- Treble, bass
- Meters
- C, 3/2
- Key signatures
- 2#, 1b, 1#, None
- Range
- Horn 1: b - f2 Horn 2: g - e2 Horn 3: a - e2 Horn 4: F - d2
- Creator's Comments
- As difficult as it is to play the horn with tongue in cheek, it is really the only way to approach the Fripperies. Treat both the instrument and the music with a light touch and all should be well. In this set, only no.29 uses the even eighth note. The others should be done in “swing” style. #29 is a slow Tango, a bit of a parody in the super-stylized tradition of the musical comedy. At one beat per second, the opening will probably feel too slow, but as the tune progresses, this tempo will leave room for some schmaltzy nuances within the tango style. #30 is a relaxed Blues. The accompaniment to the fourth horn solo at A should be light, but with god accents. At D, the fingerings in the first part are for the B flat horn, the articulation of the repeated notes to be furnished by the changing of the valve, not to the tongue. Obviously, any other alternate fingering will serve the same purpose. #31 – The unusual time signature makes this one rather challenging to read due to the length of the measures. It is definitely to be felt in three, and the melody passes from part to part in nearly every measure, the lead being the part that enters just after the second bear. Experience has shown that the introduction is somewhat difficult to assemble, and it might be advantageous to start with the pick-ups to A, and then add the intro after the group has become more comfortable with the feeling of the three/two time. $32 – No particular comments on this one --- Just that it will be easier to swing and to keeo the tempo going if you stay on the light side.
- Performance Notes
- All said above.
- Credits
- Access to review score: Nancy Joy (NMSU)
- External Link
- Sound
- Score