Klarinet Archive - Posting 000309.txt from 1995/12

From: "April J. Shallenberg" <ashallen@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Handel Messiah???????
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 13:56:42 -0500

I'm definately no music history scholar, but I played clarinet in a
version of the Messiah with my church. It wasn't a bad arrangement... I
didn't even know it wasn't the original until I went to a symphony
performance of it and there weren't any clarinets in it. Like I said,
I'm no music historian, but I enjoyed the part.
April

On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, TWELVE INCHES RULES wrote:

> 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
>

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April J. Shallenberg
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
e-mail: ashallen@-----.edu
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