Klarinet Archive - Posting 000206.txt from 1995/07

From: Tom Izzo <tji@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Wood/Brass Quintets?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 15:18:07 -0400

Steve,
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On Mon, 24 Jul 1995, Steven Popper wrote:

> Here's a puzzler for you.
> I play in a community pick-up band for holidays like the 4th of
> July and Memorial Day. A group of us within the larger ensemble have
> decided that it might actually be useful/pleasant to take some time to
> practice on a regular basis and work up some more challenging literature
> and a slightly better realization in performance. The five-some consists
> of
> 1 Clarinet
> 2 Trumpets
> 1 French Horn
> 1 Tuba
What an interesting instrumentation. You actually may be in luck, though.
You can pick up the German Band Stuff (ie: Trumpet, 2 Bb Clarinets,
Trombone, & Tuba-standard instrumentation), 2nd Trumpet plays 2nd Clar
part, and Horn reads Trombone pt as Horn in C. Yes?

>
> The ensemble is a bit unusual but as you see we have the capacity
> to cover the full range of voices. The question is, what literature is out
> there that might be usable or adaptable to such an ensemble?
> Theoretically, one could take string-based quintets and such and transpose
> and arrange, but is there any literature out there that would come closer
> to meeting our needs? By the way, our level of musical accomplishment is
> quite varied so even something out of the high school band literature (if
> that's the word I want) would be a useful hint for starting out.
> Thanks in advance for any help in this matter.
>
> Steven Popper
> RAND Corporation
> swpopper@-----.org
>

Tom
tji@-----.edu