Klarinet Archive - Posting 000364.txt from 1995/12

From: Armand Ferland <Armand.Ferland@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: Handel Messiah???????
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 15:43:45 -0500

Ebenezer Prout's edition of the Messiah (Novello) was popular when I was in
my teens. In the preface , dated October 1909, Prout writes: "No attempt
has been made to introduce Mozart's contrapunctal additions - e.g. in such
movements as O thou tellest or The people that walked in darkness - into
the accompaniment@-----. Unfortunately , I only have a vocal score with
piano reduction so I do not know if clarinets were included in this
version.

Armand Ferland

>Hi Sean,
>
>I'm a little behind in my e-mail, so someone else may have already
>answered this question. Anyway...
>
>I believe there IS an ARRANGEMENT of Handel's Messiah which includes
>clarinet parts by Hamilton Hardy. He also arranged other of Handel's
>works for the modern-day orchestra -- the ones I have played have had
>crappy, boring clarinet parts which usually double the trumpet whole
>notes. So don't get too excited!!
>
>Jacqueline Eastwood
>University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
>eastwooj@-----.edu
>
>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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