Klarinet Archive - Posting 000204.txt from 1997/01

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Oliver WW parts
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 09:28:26 -0500

>NOTE: This is a re-post to the entire list! I hadn't realized until after I'd
>sent it that the return address was directly to Sherri! (Sherri - sorry
>you're getting this twice! Thanks for the info!)
-Scott

>To:sheba@-----.net
>From:SDM@-----. Morrow)
>Subject:Re: Oliver WW parts
>
>>On 13 Jan 97 , Neil Chungfat wrote :
>>
>>> I was asked to play WWII, (i believe) for the musical oliver. If someone
>>> could tell me what the orchestration of the various WW parts are and
>>> the amounts of the instruments required in the book. THe reason I need
>>> this is because I have not played much alto sax or bass clar (mostly
>>> tenor sax) besides clarinet. Thanks for the info. I tried to post
>>> earlier, but am not sure if it made it through. Sorry if this is the
>>> second time around.
>>
>>Reed 1 is Flute ( Picc)
>>Reed 2 is Oboe (Eng Horn? )
>>Reed 3 is Clarinet/Bass Clar
>>Reed 4 is Bassoon.
>>
>>You don't have to worry about Sax. Have fun in "That's your funeral", get
>>a little schmalz in there.
>>
>>=========================================================
>>-Sherri mailto:sheba@-----.net
>
>
>Neil,
> I'll add to this info, now, from what I've figured out (Thanks, Sherri
>- this info answers my question - it WAS originally MY question!):
> I just picked up my part last night (Reed 3), for the Combo
>orchestration. The Reed 3 book occassionally has a double staff, and the
>musician is instructed to play the top staff for the Combo arrangement or the
>bottom for the Full orchestration. Sherri's info, above, also explains why
>we'd enigmatically only received Reed 1 and Reed 3: you don't have oboe and
>bassoon in the combo arrangement. I've noticed some bassoon parts are added
>to the bass clarinet, and, I would assume, some of the oboe parts are given to
>the clarinet in the Combo (aside: anyone else out there thinking "You want
>fries with that?" everytime you read the word "combo" in this post?!).
> The book looks fun, Neil, but I would suggest, if possible, since
>you've never played bass before, that you borrow a bass first and see what you
>can get out of it: the bass clarinet goes up to a high D above the staff!
>That's also about as high as the Bb goes in this book. There are several
>sixteenth note runs on both instruments, but, at first glance, they all seem
>to be either just chromatic or scales. I also noticed what seem to be some
>fun glissandos in "Reviewing the Situation".
> Anyway, try out a bass, just to figure out your confidence level, and
>good luck! If you have any specific (or other!) questions, feel free to ask.
>I'll hopefully start playing through the book tonight and I'll let you know
>what else I find, if you're interested.
>
>-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

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