Klarinet Archive - Posting 001054.txt from 1995/10

From: Tom Izzo <tji@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Villa-Lobos
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 15:40:25 -0500

Jay,

On Sun, 29 Oct 1995, jay eric niepoetter wrote:

> Has anyone ever played the WW quartet? I read it the other day and was
> surprised that he wrote low Ebs. Was this originally written for A
> clarinet? It was suggested in rehearsal that Villa-Lobos wrote much his
> music for a group of musicians that had "non-standard" insruments. Has
> anyone ever heard of this before? Is there more Villa-Lobos music that
> goes down to low Eb? Has anyone ever played the WW quartet? Did you
> play it on A clarinet? Has anyone ever bothered writing out the part?

Could it be that more Clarinets in Spain have the low Eb than in America?

Tom