Klarinet Archive - Posting 000565.txt from 1996/03

From: Tania Basham <btania@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: the proper instrument
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 02:28:43 -0500

>(not sure if last posting of this made it through)
>
>I once heard of a major player who, to make it easier, relearned the
>entire Debussy Rhapsodie on A clarinet, fingering it a semi-tone higher
>than usual, but sounding the same with orch/piano. So much for the
>finely-tuned Impressionist sense of tone-colour!

While on the subject the piece sounds very good when done on Soprano
Saxophone. It does however, require some rewriting. However the soprano
tone color blends quite well with the Orchestra. It also requires a
superb saxophonist. If doing it on clarinet stay with the original piano
version.

Derek Basham

Olympia, Washington
btania@-----.com