Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Offstage instruments From: Victor Rosi <rosivictor2@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:02:56 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--001a114b2d1823aa3a055935d264 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mahler's 1st symphony : Offstage trumpets in the first movement Mahler's 2nd symphony : Offstage brass ensemble (horns, trumpets) and timpani in the last movement Alpen sinfonie (R. Strauss) : Horn ensemble in the third part (The Ascent /Der Anstieg) You also have this kind of effects in Opera's such as Madama Butterfly (G. Puccini) : in the second Act "Coro a bocca chiusa" there is a viola d'amore playing with a choir offstage. I hope I helped, i'll try to find other examples. Good luck and keep us updated ! Victor ROSI 2017-09-15 1:04 GMT+02:00 Niels Christian Hansen <nch@xxxxxxxx>: > Dear collective wisdom (with apologies for cross-posting), > > For a research project at Ohio State University, School of Music, we are > currently assembling a database of musical pieces in which composers call > for one or more instruments to be played "offstage". > > Classic examples from the Western symphonic repertoire include: (1) the > offstage trumpet in Ludwig van Beethoven's Leonore Overtures Nos. 2 & 3, > (2) the offstage oboe in the third movement ("Sc=C3=A8ne aux champs") fro= m > Hector Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique, and (3) the offstage female choir = in > "Neptune" from Gustav Holst's The Planets. > > We would be very grateful for your kind help in drawing our attention to > as many other examples as possible that you may be aware of! > > Thanks in advance, > Niels Chr. Hansen & David Huron > > > > Niels Chr. Hansen (PhD, MSc, MMus) | Postdoctoral Fellow in Music > Cognition | Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory< > http://musiccog.ohio-state.edu/> | School of Music<https://music.osu.edu/= > > | Ohio State University<https://www.osu.edu/> | hansen.491@xxxxxxxx<mailto= : > hansen.491@xxxxxxxx> > --001a114b2d1823aa3a055935d264 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Mahler's 1st symphony : Offstage trumpets in the first= movement=C2=A0<div>Mahler's 2nd symphony : Offstage brass ensemble (ho= rns, trumpets) and timpani in the last movement</div><div>Alpen sinfonie (R= . Strauss) : Horn ensemble in the third part (The Ascent /Der Anstieg)</div= ><div><br></div><div>You also have this kind of effects in Opera's such= as Madama Butterfly (G. Puccini) : in the second Act "Coro a bocca ch= iusa" there is a viola d'amore playing with a choir offstage.</div= ><div><br></div><div>I hope I helped, i'll try to find other examples.<= /div><div><br></div><div>Good luck and keep us updated !=C2=A0</div><div><b= r></div><div>Victor ROSI</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div cla= ss=3D"gmail_quote">2017-09-15 1:04 GMT+02:00 Niels Christian Hansen <span d= ir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nch@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">nch@xxxxxxxx= sikkons.dk</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma= rgin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear collectiv= e wisdom (with apologies for cross-posting),<br> <br> For a research project at Ohio State University, School of Music, we are cu= rrently assembling a database of musical pieces in which composers call for= one or more instruments to be played "offstage".<br> <br> Classic examples from the Western symphonic repertoire include: (1) the off= stage trumpet in Ludwig van Beethoven's Leonore Overtures Nos. 2 & = 3, (2) the offstage oboe in the third movement ("Sc=C3=A8ne aux champs= ") from Hector Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique, and (3) the offstag= e female choir in "Neptune" from Gustav Holst's The Planets.<= br> <br> We would be very grateful for your kind help in drawing our attention to as= many other examples as possible that you may be aware of!<br> <br> Thanks in advance,<br> Niels Chr. Hansen & David Huron<br> <br> <br> <br> Niels Chr. Hansen (PhD, MSc, MMus) | Postdoctoral Fellow in Music Cognition= | Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory<<a href=3D"http://musi= ccog.ohio-state.edu/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://musiccog.= <wbr>ohio-state.edu/</a>> | School of Music<<a href=3D"https://music.= osu.edu/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://music.osu.edu/</a>&g= t; | Ohio State University<<a href=3D"https://www.osu.edu/" rel=3D"noref= errer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.osu.<wbr>edu/</a>> | <a href=3D"mai= lto:hansen.491@xxxxxxxx">hansen.491@xxxxxxxx</a><mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:= hansen.491@xxxxxxxx">hans<wbr>en.491@xxxxxxxx</a>><br> </blockquote></div><br></div> --001a114b2d1823aa3a055935d264--