Klarinet Archive - Posting 000426.txt from 1995/06

From: Judith Kunst <judithk@-----.NL>
Subj: Re: Music for Clarinet Ensembles/Clar.choir
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 18:12:15 -0400

Dave Churchill writes:

>I play in a community band, one that is quite good, actually. Our
>clarinet section, which has 4-6 pretty decent players, is looking at
>getting together informally to play music written for small Bb soprano
>clainet ensembles. Does anyone have any good suggestions for such
>works? Either classical or contemporary is o.k.

Music for four Bb soprano clarinets is not difficult to find, as you no doubt
know. I will send you a list if you like. But five or six Bb sopranos....
I have only one piece for 6 Bb sopranos: Choral (Desire Dondeyne, publ.
Billaudot), which you will find far too easy. Dondeyne wrote another piece
(same publisher) called Marche-promenade. I don't know how easy or
difficult this is. Colin Cowles wrote Paean (Studio Music Company), but
that is for 7 Bb sopranos. Probably too easy. In the Boosey & Hawkes
ensemble series there is an arrangement of the Adagio from Serenade
no 11, which comes with 6 soprano clarinet parts.
I hope someone else will come up with better ideas.

Thimothy Zamora writes:

>In a related question, I am an assistant band director in a suburban school
>district near Houston, Texas. My question is where can I find (besides in
>my state's prescribed music list) grade four down to grade one clarinet
>choir material to expose to my beginner through seventh year players?

Do you know CLARINET CHOIR REPERTOIRE (Rubank), a collection of
pieces arranged by Himie Voxman? Or is that too difficult? No parts for Eflat
or Contralt/bass though. Kendor published several arrangements for Cl.Choir,
some not difficult (I remember Satie-Gymnopdie). Boosey &Hawkes had Bartok's
Folk Song Suite (arr. Erickson) in their collection. Might be out of print.
I used
to have a copy, but someone borrowed it and never returned it.

Good luck with your search. (If possible tell me the results).

Judith
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Judith Kunst

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