Klarinet Archive - Posting 000725.txt from 1995/05

From: David Gilman <dagilman@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: weird keys
Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 15:02:17 -0400

>Another tangent on key subject: Is anyone familiar with examples where
>works have been transposed to alternate keys when shifted from a piano
>work to an orchestral work; or from a concerto for one instrument (say
>a violin) to a concerto for another instrument (say a flute)?
>

>Tom Ascher

Tom,
Mozart did this with his oboe concerto (in C major) when he
transcribed it for flute (into D major).
On another note, I have a transcription by Lucien Caillet of the
third movement of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto for clarinet. The original
was in D major, and the transcription is in C (concert, D written). I also
have Eric Simon's transcription of Haydn's Cello Concerto in D major for
clarinet (Bb major).
That's all I can think of off hand.

David Gilman