Klarinet Archive - Posting 000122.txt from 1996/01

From: JBROWN@-----.EDU
Subj: Re: list of quartets w/strings
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 11:50:43 -0500

The Lutoslawski must exist somewhere in solo clar. and orchestra form
beacuse I have a recording of just such an arrangement. Have you tried
looking in the orchestra music catalogs, or contacting Eble music in Iowa
City, IA ? They usually have good leads and info on such matters.

On Fri, 5 Jan 1996, Laura R Bornhoeft wrote:

> Here's a long-promised addition to the list of pieces for clarinet and
> string trio:
>
> Paul Hindemith: Variations for Clarinet and Strings, 1932, published by
> B. Schott's Soehne, Mainz.
>
> It isn't really clear in my music whether this piece is intended for
> clarinet with string trio or chamber orchestra.
> In smaller type at the upper left corner, my copy reads, "Ploener
> Musiktag D No. 4". (You might realize that the "oe" combination is the
> anglicized version of the German o-umlaut, which I don't think I can type
> on this keyboard.) Opperman has it listed under this title, as a quartet.
> (By the way, Opperman, as old as it is, has a fairly generous listing of
> pieces for this combination of instruments; that's Kalmen Opperman,
> "Repertory of the Clarinet", 1960, Franco Colombo, New York, page 81)
>
> This is a short piece, 67 measures, not very hard, consisting of a theme
> and four variations. I did it on my senior recital 20 years ago.
> -----
> Can anyone tell me whether Lutoslawski's "Dance Preludes" exists in a
> clarinet with orchestra version? My piano version indicates that it
> does, but only the piano version is listed in Opperman. Does anyone know
> definitively? (Is it rental only?)
>
> Please direct replies to me individually - my account seems rather
> unstable, and I may not be getting all the Klarinet postings.
>
> Laura Bornhoeft
>