Klarinet Archive - Posting 000962.txt from 1997/02

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: terminology question
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 13:13:20 -0500

On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, DOES THE SCREAMING IN MY HEAD BOTHER YOU wrote:

> Our wind ensmable has started woring on Yasuhide Ito's
> Gloriosa - Symphonic Poem for Band. In the second movement we
> have "la meta" in our parts. I have tried to find the meaning and
> no one can find it in anything we've looked in. Any clues???
>
> Sean Talbot
> University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
> talb4841@-----.edu
>
Hi Sean,

Without actually looking at the part, I will hazard a guess anyway! In
opera books, the words "muta in la" would mean switch to A clarinet. Is
this a possibility? (The book I've got right now, "La Traviata", uses the
term "BEFA" for B-flat clarinet -- I've never come across that before and
think it's hilarious!)

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu