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Thread #56484   Message #883719
Posted By: Dave Swan
05-Feb-03 - 11:27 PM
Thread Name: Horn & Hardart (The Automat)
Subject: RE: Horn & Hardart (The Automat)
Let us not forget Peter Schickele's Concerto for Horn and Hadart (S.27)Bb.

Here is a note on the hardart.

A Hardart has a range of over two almost chromatic octaves, with each successive tone possessing a different quality of sound, including a plucked string, bottles which are blown and struck, a bicycle horn, various whistles and a cooking timer. Due to its length - over nine feet - and the great variety of motions necessary to produce its tones, the hardart requires its player to be athletic as well as musical!

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