Klarinet Archive - Posting 000269.txt from 1995/12

From: TWELVE INCHES RULES <talb4841@-----.EDU>
Subj: Handel Messiah???????
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 01:06:09 -0500

Is there an arrangement other than the original that has
clarinet parts? I don't believe that Handel had a clarinet to write for.
Maybe I'm getting my music history mixed up, but I didn't think the
clarinet was used much until Mozart. Maybe some scholars could clarify.

Sean Talbot