Klarinet Archive - Posting 000578.txt from 1996/04

From: Fernando Silveira <fersilv@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Help! Villa-Lobos trio
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 15:26:04 -0400

At 11:31 19/04/96 -0330, you wrote:
>Christopher "Fingerschmerz" Rohrs asked:
>
>>So here are my questions, aimed at those who've played this:
>>1. Was this really meant to be played on C clarinet? Is there such a=
thing
>>as a C clarinet with low Db extensions?
>
>Oh yes indeed - this work was written especially for the great Brazilian
>clarinetist Antounio Stadleiro, who played a rosewood Albert system basset
>clarinet in C, using a hand-carved purpleheart mouthpiece and reeds from
>his own plantation north of Sao Paulo. You can read all about him in Pamela
>Weston's upcoming book, "Even More Clarinet Virtuosi of the Not-Too-Distant
>Past and/or Present".
>
> The only way to come close to the composer's intentions would be to get a
>rosewood Wurlitzer C clarinet and get a mouthpiece made for it in Rio de
>Janeiro. I'd lend you mine, but I'm using it every weekend in the
>Newfoundland Klezmer Samba Ensemble here in St. John's...
>
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>LGB Lorne G Buick St. John's
> mcheramy@-----.ca Newfoundland
> Canada
>
>Sorry Lorne, but you are completly wrong.
This piece was composed for Eugene List. And Villa-Lobos wrote in Paris.
The low range for clarinet is cleared with simple answers:
1- Villa-Lobos always wrote for C clarinet, however, he knew that A
clarinets had a range to low Eb(at least in Brazil).
2- The first and second piece can be played on Bb Clarinet.
3- The third piece can be played on A clarinet.
The First concert in Brazil was on April 26th, 1962 with my
professor Jos=E9 Botelho on Clarinet, Noel Devos on Basson and Heitor=
Alimonda
on Piano.
I have one part for both Bb and A clarinet.
Plaese contact me if you want it.

Cheers
Fernando Silveira
Principal Clarinetist National Symphony
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
fersilv@-----.net