Re: wrong transposition of horn

[Werner LEMBERG]

> You are correct in noting that this usage of bass clef for the horn had 
> its place when Brahms was composing for the horn. [...]

Other, more recent examples:

. Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, rehearsal number 3 (page 1), bass
  clarinet in B flat (Boosey & Hawkes): Normally notated in treble
  clef, sounding a ninth lower, but here notated in bass clef,
  sounding a second lower.

  And please don't tell me that this notation is outdated!  This is
  simply not true, as any bass clarinet player can assure you.

  Of course, the horns are notated in `old style' (cf page 10).

. The same for the horn voices in the full score of Carl Orff's
  Carmina burana (Schott).  This is 1937.

. Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes), page 127.
  This is 1946.

> I can still see no reason why this should be automatic, unless there
> was a pre-set transposition style such as oldHorn or some such.

As explained in another mail, it should be controlled with a property.


    Werner