Klarinet Archive - Posting 000422.txt from 1996/04

From: thehat@-----.ORG
Subj: Schumann Fantasy Pieces--
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:12:50 -0400

In a message dated 04-15-96 INTERNET: BAKERG01=TIGGER wrote to ** ALL **:
IB> Just a quick question. The clarinet part for Schumann's Fantasy
IB> Pieces, op. 73 out of Eric Simon's "Masterworks" collection includes
IB> two clarinet parts, one for b-flat clarinet, and the other for A
IB> clarinet. I had been told at one time or another that it was standard
IB> to play them on the A clarinet. However, a number of recordings that
IB> I have of them are obviously played on b-flat.

What recordings might those be? Certainly none that I have heard!

David Hattner
Clarinetist-at-large, NYC
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