2 November 1812--All Souls Day

[Hofrat]

I guess we all missed "All Souls Day" for which Beethoven wrote his three Equali for trombones (actually four Equali, one of which is yet to be discovered).


Hofrat

[Cetto von Cronstorff]

Originally posted by Hofrat:
I guess we all missed "All Souls Day" for which Beethoven wrote his three Equali for trombones (actually four Equali, one of which is yet to be discovered).
Hofrat

I think the plural of 'Equale' is Equale.

[Hofrat]

Originally posted by Cetto von Cronstorff:

I think the plural of 'Equale' is Equale.

Dear Cetto;

According to the Oxford Dictionary of Music, "equale" is the singular and "equali" is the plural.


Hofrat

[Cetto von Cronstorff]

Originally posted by Hofrat:

Dear Cetto;

According to the Oxford Dictionary of Music, "equale" is the singular and "equali" is the plural.


Hofrat

This is only one possible interpretation. If you take 'equale' not as an Italian, but a Latin word (as it was usually done in the practice of sacred music), 'equali' makes absolutely no sense.

[Hofrat]

Originally posted by Cetto von Cronstorff:
This is only one possible interpretation. If you take 'equale' not as an Italian, but a Latin word (as it was usually done in the practice of sacred music), 'equali' makes absolutely no sense.

Dear Cetto;

Of course I was using the Italian terminology. So did Beethoven as can be seen most clearly on the manuscript when he wrote "Equali a 4 Tromboni."

Hofrat