Klarinet Archive - Posting 000223.txt from 1996/02

From: Nick Shackleton <njs5%esc.cam.ac.uk@-----.BITNET>
Subj: Re: Piccolo Clainet in F
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:06:27 -0500

>I understand that before the E Flat became the main piccolo clarinet that
>there was an instrument in high F, often used in military bands.
>In the Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet it is stated that Beethoven used
>it in his military marches WoO 18, WoO 19 and WoO24?
>Does anyone know of any recordings of these works on authentic/original
>instruments or a modern recordings using a modern high F (if such as thing
>exists)?
>Does anyone know of any recordings, Beethoven or otherwise, using this
>instrument.
>Thanks Francis Firth
>Francis.Firth@-----.uk
>I've never seen a high f clarinet later than around 1840 and I have never
seen a modern one listed in any catalogue.
I was aware of an effort to record the pieces on historic instruments a few
years ago but it came to nothing.
I have an idea there might aslo be something by Mendelsohn for a windband
using high f clarinets.
Nick Shackleton