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Quote:quote: In your research have you been able to determine under what circumstancesHerrmann opted for a C over a B flat? I.e., what sort of effect he was trying to achieve?The effect he was trying to achieve when he switched to "C" trumpets, my researchcould not possibly know. One would have had to ask Herrmann that subjective judgmentcall. But my research can show where he used "C" trumpets. I need to spend time to memeticulous about all the instances, and I don't have time right now for that (!), but I cangive several examples.In the image below from the "Eye of the Beholder" episode of TZ, we see on top cueVII's "Declaration" cue--all of two bars! Not only does Herrmann use "C" trumpets inthis call but in this case he also uses "Hard" mutes. I can easily speculate why he used socalledhard mutes in this scene. The hallway monitor went on and the militaristic leadercomes on.{Image http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2119/imgspn.jpghttp://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2119/imgspn.jpgHerrmann used "C" trumpets consistently in Jason & the Argonauts except for the"Scherzo" cue when Jason and his doomed buddies fight the skeletons. There is he usedBb trumpets, but this is understandable because he self-borrowed it from his 1936Scherzo that of course had Bb trumpets, and he did not want to spend the extra effort tochange the notation!Herrmann used "C" trumpets in Taxi Driver and Garden of Evil and Hatful of Rainand Prince of Players and Three Worlds of Gulliver and Journey to the Center of theEarth and White Witch Doctor. I'll need to check for more. As far as I can tell so far, hisEarly Works are all Bb trumpets._______________________________________________talkingherrmann mailing list*************************Talking Herrmann: KITTY SHOT: 'Bad Man Shoots'Reply by: Bill Wrobel ()______________________________________________________________________Below is another example of "C" trumpets used in the oft-used CBS Fanfare thatHerrmann composed in 1960. Bar 4 was deleted in the final version. The tonality is Bar 1is C maj (C/E/G) to A min (A/C/E) to (Bar 2) C maj 7th (C/E/G/B) to A min/9(A/C/E/B). The fanfare ends on the exuberant E maj (E/G#/B) chord. There are actually166