Deryk Barker writes:

>>I see no similarities whatsoever between Bruckner and Franck.  Oh, they
>>were both organists....

Scott Morrison responds:

>And it shows in their turgid orchestration although Franck *did* use the
>cor anglais nicely - once. Or was that the vox humana?

It was probably Franck's intention to produce an organ-like sound. That's
what Walter Piston thinks in his excellent "Orchestration"-book.

Mikael
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