Klarinet Archive - Posting 000113.txt from 1995/10
From: mlfl%vax.ox.ac.uk@-----.BITNET Subj: Re: Re the value of the B clarinet discussion Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 08:20:28 -0400
Historically, the answer may partly be that when the clarinet became a virtuoso
solo & concerto instrument, the players didn't like the sound of the C
instrument. It was revived as a special tone colour in the later 19th century.
The E flat also seems to be a development of the (earlier) 19th century; the D
clarinet is much earlier. It would be interesting to know whether there are
*any* (solo) concerti or small-scale chamber works using the C.
Roger Shilcock
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