Klarinet Archive - Posting 000108.txt from 1995/06

From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@-----.UK>
Subj: Re: B-flat vs. A
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 04:42:09 -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 heard some time back an interview with a British composer (Rutter, I
think it was) who had been asked at a party somewhere on the US west
coast "do you employ a professional to do your orchstration?"

The man was (not surprisingly) completely befuddled by the question.
It's like asking one of us if we use a professional to operate the
keys on our instrument.

(In my case, there would probably be an overall better result, but
then no-one would dream of paying me for my efforts ;-)

R