This is a sequence of Respighi's "Roman Festivals". The music is in
four parts (Circus Maximus, Jubilee, October Festival, and Epiphany),
but is played without pause.

   Respighi used a huge orchestra and in some cases several versions
of the same instrument are required due to key changes (e.g. clarinets
and trumpets), so I've put each on its own track; I've also put
muted instruments (horns, trumpets, and trombones) on their
own tracks, too, in case your sound modules have these programs.

   A note on some of the unusual instruments Respighi used:

Tavolette - as far as I have been able to determine, this is
            simply a board hit with a hammer

Rattle   -  Raganella, also known as a clapper.

Sop.
Trumpets -  Buccine, high-pitched trumpets

   All tracks have been transposed to concert pitch (i.e. as they
sound).

   I used four modules, 3 orchestral (Proteus 2, Korg O3R/W, and
the Roland JV1080, the latter two with orchestral card expansions).
Tracks using the Korg have a "K" at the beginning (except the
Piano track, as I use a Korg P3 for that) and those using
the Roland start with an "R". The other tracks are for the Proteus'
use. However, you should be able to rearrange the tracks to
fit a 32-channel system by combining the music of tracks
sharing the same channels or the same instrument.

   The only program changes within a track should be for the
(Proteus) "Horns" track (where 36 is for soft horns, 37
for loud horns, and 38 for section horns), Solo Violin (sharing
with String Harmonics within bar 506), and Tremolo Strings (used at times*
for bowed or pizzicato strings when that section is divided
and playing both ways at the same time).

   The above-noted instruments that use different models (such as
Bb, A, or C) at various points in the music share channels and
the string sections share channels between their bowed
and pizzicato passages.

* Other programs using the Tremolo Strings track are: Arco (bowed)
Violins, bars 207-214, 227-230; Pizzicato Violins, bars 223-226,
462-489)


                        -- Gary Goldberg

                 National Capital Amiga Users Group

                           garyg@ix.netcom.com