Ivan the Terrible, Act II, before 17—Bass trumpet, and 3 Horns a little further on.
Mlada, Act II 33—Bass trumpet (cf. [Ex. 46]).
The genial and poetic tone of the horn in piano passages affords greater scope in the choice of melodies and phrases that may be entrusted to this instrument.
Examples:
The May Night, Overture 13.
The Christmas Night 1.
Snegourotchka 86.
Pan Voyevoda 37.
[No. 73.] Antar 40.
Melodies involving chromatic or enharmonic writing are much less suitable to the character of brass instruments. Nevertheless such melodies may sometimes be allotted to the brass, as in the music of Wagner, and the modern Italian realists, who, however, carry the proceeding to extremes. Vigourous phrases in the form of a fanfare, although introducing chromatic notes sound singularly beautiful on the brass.