Telemann Society Orchestra - Royal Fireworks Music

From the back cover: Original instrumentation with Valveless horns, Valveless trumpets, Calvary serpent, Oboes and Bassoons.

Acknowledgements: We wish to express our appreciation first and foremost to the performers who gave so unstintingly of their time that this unique album might be a success. But most specifically we must thank the Casadesus Collection of Ancient Instruments of Boston and its creator Lanning Humphrey for the use of several of the old instruments used in this recording.
Mr. George Humphrey for assembling many of the Musicians [sic] and much of the material.
Mr. Richard Kaye of WRB Boston for help in formulating the demonstration band and...
Mr. Howard Meek who swears that this is not only his first recording on a Hunting Horn but his last.

Biographical sketch: The Telemann Society originated as a cooperative association in 1955 and received its franchise as a non-profit corporation in September 1957. To date, its principal projects have ben the Telemann Society Concerts, devoted to live performances of the music of the Baroque era, and the Telemann Society Edition, which publishes ensemble music and pedagogical material. Headquarters of the Society are in the Carnegie Hall Building , N.Y.
Other recordings we did with the Telemann Society are:
DL 470 and STDL 500.470 THE COUNTRY DANCING MASTER
DL 570 and STDL 500.570 MUSIQUE DE JOYE
DL 590 and STDL 500.590 TELEMANN, Suite for Recorder and Orchestra, Oboe Conc., Conc. for 3 Trumpets
Produced by Ward Botsford
Engineered by Dr. Rudolph Van Gelder

The Telemann Society Orchestra And Band
Richard Schulze, Conductor

18th Century Valveless Trumpets
Robert Oades, Toronto
Maurice Peress, New York
Mitchell Jellen, New York
18th Century Valveless Hunting Horns
Harold Meek, Boston
Osbourne McConathy Jr., Boston
Paul Keaney, Boston
Oboes with old French Reeds
Louis Speyer, Boston
Theodora Schulze, New York
Whitney Tustin, New York
John Holmes, Boston
Alfred Laubin, New York
Doris Goltzer, New York
Jean Devergie, Boston
Samuel Robinson, New York
Bassoons with French Reeds
Sherman Walt, Boston
Ernst Banenka, Boston
Contrabassoon
Richard Plaster, Boston
Military Serpent
Joseph Orosz, Boston
Kettledrums
Joseph Adato, New York
Field Drum
Bradley Spinney, New York
Harpsichord
Dorothy Walters, New York
Research Assistant
Donald Callard, New York

Release also includes a four-page document, "Notes on the Royal Fireworks Music," by R. D. Darrell. Also includes about a half-page of notes on the Woodcock Concerti on this recording.