Klarinet Archive - Posting 000356.txt from 1996/08

From: "Steven A. Haaser" <HAASER@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Weber's Intro. Theme & Var.
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 13:02:55 -0400

>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,

Quoting no less (or is that no more) a source than Karl Haas ;-) Rossini
wrote these for winds at a very early age (14 rings a bell). A teacher some
years ago also mumbled something about them being originally for winds and
then Rossini also published them for strings.

Not quite $0.02, maybe 2 Lire.

Cheers,
Steve