Posted by Jon Brady on May 04, 2001 at 11:26:40:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Contra-Octave in band playing posted by Rick Denney on May 04, 2001 at 11:15:20:
One must think would Beethoven have used a tuba had one been around in his time? Perhaps Bach? So is it wrong to play transcriptions? One must be very careful not to limit themselves too much to tradition. Only when limitation are challenged do truely great things happen.