How do composers write music for each instrument if each instrument is limited by musical scales?
Q. What if a composer writes a composition for an orchestra that has trumpets and flutes and they both have different music scales? Since those instruments can't be played in a chromatic scale, what would happen if the trumpet was in the key of Bb and the flute was in the key of G? In this particular case, do you buy more instruments that are in different keys?
Asked by Matt - Wed Dec 17 03:03:29 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. But trumpets and flutes can play chromatic scales! So they simply transpose the key (in your example, if the actual key of the music was C, the trumpets would be reading in D and the flutes in A). However, it used the be the way you describe - I think flutes have been chromatic forever, but trumpets (and other brass instruments like horns) used to be able to play in only one key. So the performers did have to have instruments in multiple keys, and never had accidentals in their parts. They didn't play very much though... usually a few notes with the timpani and that's about it. You'll also notice that older music is all written in the same few keys; C, D, B-flat for example. You didn't see key signatures like G-sharp minor in those… [cont.]
Answered by somebody - Wed Dec 17 03:14:25 2008

What are 5 composers that wrote similar music ( classical or show Broadway music) to Leonard Bernstein?
Q. What are 5 composers that wrote similar music ( classical or show Broadway music) to Leonard Bernstein and at the same time as him
Asked by miz maya - Sun Mar 15 16:11:15 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Is this a question for a test or homework assignment? It has that ring to it. If so, you'll have to do your own work. I will give you a clue about one...he died in Feb. in his 80s. Though I must tell you, there are few like Bernstein, but many were influenced by him
Answered by kindclarinetist - Sun Mar 15 21:32:23 2009

Can anyone give me well known classical composers?
Q. Specfically composers from the 1600s to 1800s. I know of alot of them, but I'm going on a classical music phase right now. I enjoy Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Povarotti, Handel, Hadyn, Boccherini, and others. Just suggestions and songs would be wonderful. Thank you!
Asked by Mano Gyveni mas. - Wed Feb 25 16:37:19 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Chopin, Debussy, Brahms, Wagner, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Ockeghem, Prez, Byrd, Sweelinck, Harant, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Schutz, Lully, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Corelli, Scarlatti, Albinoni, Telemann, Rameau, Gluck, Paganini, Weber, Czerny, Rossini, Schubert, Donizetti, Berlioz, Verdi, Gounod, Offenbach, Smetana, Bruckner, Saint-Saens, Bizet, Bruch, Mussorgsky, Dvorak, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Faure, Elgar, Puccini, Delius, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Holst
Answered by MMouse - Wed Feb 25 16:59:43 2009