Klarinet Archive - Posting 000884.txt from 1997/05

From: Claudia Zornow <claudia@-----.com>
Subj: Dark C clarinets
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 18:16:26 -0400

Jonathan Cohler wrote:

> ...Therefore, if the argument is that the
> composer is going for tone character when he chooses a particular clarinet,
> it would actually be closer to the composers wishes to use a modern A
> clarinet to play Beethoven period C clarinet parts.

That would also make the transposition easier for those of us
comfortable with bass clef!

Claudia