Klarinet Archive - Posting 000106.txt from 1995/06

From: SCOTT MCCHESNEY <scmcchesney@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: B-flat vs. A
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 01:41:14 -0400

[interesting anecdote snipped]

>Some composers hear a difference between the two clarinets and insist
>that it be honored. On the other hand, I suspect that a lot of composers
>just write their music in concert pitch and leave it up to the
>orchestrator or copyist to specify a clarinet.

Actually, I highly doubt that. I can't imagine any composer worth his
salt letting the orchestrator choose between the two tone colors for him. Bb
and A Clarinets are different enough that I would suspect that all composers
make the choice themselves. Would you let an orchestrator choose
instrumentation for you? I don't - of course, I'm not a professional composer,
and more importantly I have no orchestrator. I do it all myself - composition,
orchestration, part copying, and grovelling for readings.

>Is this the start of another thread?

Might be...with this group, you never know. :)

>Laura Bornhoeft

-- Scott