[TPIN] Flicorno

[Achias1 at mchsi.com]

OK mates, without lookiing it up, does anyone know what a flicorno is?

At the first rehearsal for "Rigoletto", on-stage parts were passed out for the
introduction. The person passing out the parts gave the flicorno parts to the
trumpets and tromba parts to the trombones. I had no idea what a flicorno was,
so I traded with the bones thinking that flicorno was another wierd name for
trombone. I knew what tromba was, though.

Well, the onstage tromba part was similar to the trumpet part but included some
sections that the pit trumpets didn't have. Both were for E flat trumpet. The
flicorno part was identical to the tromba part but in B flat and treble clef.

Amazingly, the first two trombone players sight-read the flicorno parts very
well. Great transposition skills for bone players.

At this point, they probably wouldn't need to play those anymore, but since they
rehearsed them and sound almost as good as the trumpets, I suggested that they
do them anyway.

What is a flicorno? If you havebn't looked it up yet, it's the Italian word for
flugelhhorn.

Now, I'm trying to figure out why the flugelhorn part is almost exactly the same
as the trumpet part but an octave higher.

Can anyone enlighten?

Dave

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