brass.
Wind and brass instruments may be combined by the method of placing a
chord in one timbre side by side with the same chord in another
timbre, or by any of the three methods already described: overlaying,
crossing and enclosure of parts.
1. _In unison (juxtaposition or contrast of tone qualities)._
This class of combination possesses the same features as combinations
in the melodic line (cf. Chap. II). Wood-wind reinforces the brass,
softens it and reduces its characteristic qualities. Arrangements such
as the following are possible:
2 Trumpets + 2 Fl.; 2 Trumpets + 2 Ob.; 2 Trumpets + 2 Cl.
3 Trumpets + 3 Fl.; 3 Trumpets + 3 Ob.; 3 Trumpets + 3 Cl.
Also
[Music] etc.
as well as:
2 Horns + 2 Fag.; 2 Horns + 2 Cl.;
3 Horns + 3 Fag.; 3 Horns + 3 Cl.; and:
2 Horns + 2 Fag. + 2 Cl. etc.
The combinations 3 Trombones + 3 Fag., or 3 Trombones + 3 Cl. are very
rare.
A chord scored for full brass doubled by the same chords scored for
full wood-wind (in pairs) produces a magnificent and uniform tone.
_Examples:_
_Snegourotchka_ [[315]]--2 Horns + 2 Cl. and 2 Horns + 2 Ob. (cf. Ex.
236).
No. 141. _The Tsar's Bride_ [[50]]--4 Horns + 2 Cl., 2 Fag.
No. 142. " " " [[142]]--Juxtaposition of full wind
and brass.
_Ivan the Terrible_, Act II [[30]]--Juxtaposition and enclosure (cf.
Table of chords II, Ex. 8).
No. 143. _The Christmas Night_ [[165]]--4 Horns + Fl., Cl., Fag.
* No. 144. _Sadko_, before [[79]]--Horn, Trumpet + doubled wood-wind.[15]
No. 145. " [[242]]--Full brass + Fl., Cl.
[Footnote 15: In the full score a misprint occurs in the clarinet
part; it is corrected in the example. (Editor's note.)]
_Legend of Kitesh_, beginning--Horn, Trombones + Cl., Fag. (cf. also
[[5]]--Ex. 249).
* No. 146. _Legend of Kitesh_ [[10]]--Eng. horn, 2 Cl., Fag. _legato_
+ 4 Horns non legato.
" " " [[324]]--Full brass + wind.
* No. 147. _The Golden Cockerel_ [[233]]--Trumpets + Ob./Horn + Cl.]
8.
Stopped or muted notes in trumpets and horns resemble the oboe and
Eng. horn in quality; the combination of these instruments produces a
magnificent tone.
_Examples:_
No. 148. _Russian Easter Fete_, p. 11.--Horn (+), Trumpets (low
register) + Ob., Cl.
* _The Christmas Night_, before [[154]]--Full muted brass + wind.
* No. 149. _Tsar Saltan_ [[129]]--2 Ob., Eng. horn, + 3 Trumpet
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