Klarinet Archive - Posting 001004.txt from 1995/10

From: Bob Chesebro <Chesebro_Bob/furman@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Brahms 4th
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:45:38 -0400

I would agree with Jacqueline Eastwood about transposing. There are a
lot C parts out there. Not only do you have early works by Haydn,
Mozart, and Beethoven, but later composers like Rossini, Verdi, and
Mahler, just to name a few. Also, conductors think nothing of handing
out a J. Strauss piece as an encore for tonight's concert--The Blue
Danube--clarinet in C. Or, has anyone been asked to transposed an aria
to another key? It happens. When I studied with Henry Gulick at
Indiana Univ., his assignments included weekly transpositions of various
types, viz., up or down major and minor seconds. I feel it is best to
learn to transpose before you are faced with a "have to" situation.
Verb. sat.

Robert Chesebro
Furman Univ.