Klarinet Archive - Posting 000460.txt from 1996/08

From: Ward Cheney <cheney@-----.EDU>
Subj: Stanford
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 20:56:55 -0400

Roger Shilcock has written as follows:
>
> Stanford - his clarinet concerto is unfortunately written for *both* B
> flat and A instruments, which may well explain why it hasn't been played
> a lot
> - I don't suppose soloists much like the idea of picking up a cold(?) A
> to do the difficult bits. I'm pretty sure the sonata is currently in
> print, by the way - 1918 was its date of first publication, Stainer &
> Bell are still the publishers. (I have a copy, bought in the early
> eighties, with a blue and white striped cover ...). As far as I know,
> the concerto is in print too; I thought it was republished much more
> recently than 1977.

Adding a little to this thread: The three works of Stanford for clarinet,
(viz., Three Intermezzi, Concerto, Sonata) were recently available from
Woodwind Service, Inc (1-800-527-6647) for $9.95, $20.00, and $19.95,
respectively. (This is from their 1994 catalog.) I happen to have
two extra copies of the Sonata that I'd be glad to sell. (Contact me
privately.) My copy of the Concerto is dated 1977 and is edited by
Pamela Weston. The performer does have 47 measures of rest for the switch
from B-flat to A clarinet. Pamela Weston writes, "Stanford dedicated it
Richard Muhlfeld, the clarinetist who inspired Brahms to write for the
instrument. When Muhlfeld did not play the work, Stanford, in
justifiable wrath, scratched out the dedication from his score."
--Ward Cheney (cheney@-----.edu)