Klarinet Archive - Posting 000336.txt from 1996/08

From: niethamer@-----.EDU
Subj: Re: Weber's Intro. Theme & Var.
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 22:42:59 -0400

Dave Yee wrote:

> As Patrick Kwan and Mark Greeley note, there is also an
> "Introduction, Theme and Variations" for clarinet and
> orchestra, attributed to Rossini. My understanding is that
> the piece is based on a theme by Rossini but that it was not
> written by Rossini. In fact I don't know whether Rossini ever
> wrote any clarinet pieces at all. (By clarinet pieces I mean
> chamber works where one of the instruments is a clarinet or
> orchestral works with a clarinet soloist; I mean to exclude
> orchestral works that include clarinet parts.)

There are six quartets for fl/cl/hn/bsn, arranged from the music of the
string symphonies of Rossini. Does anyone know if Rossini did this
transcription? They're fun to play.

David Niethamer