Klarinet Archive - Posting 000903.txt from 1998/01

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Concert Band - Favorite Clarinet Parts
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 20:39:11 -0500

I HATE to nitpick...but I just gotta...^_^

On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Craig E. G. Countryman wrote:

> I like Holst's two suites for Military Band, both of which have clarinet
> solos in the second movement. Also, Variations of a Theme by Paganini

As far as _I_ recall (having played several transcriptions and
arrangements, variations on, etc), the Second Suite fMB in Eb was written
as an Oboe solo, not a clarinet. Several transcriptions have the option
for a clarinet solo if the oboe is nonexistant, or...well, sucks.
I'm not sure if that option was actually written in by Holst or not...It's
quite possible; from what I've been told, he did a lot of toying and
experimenting when choosing the solo instrument. The candidates were
supposedly the oboe, cor anglais, sax, trumpet, and horn, and I've heard
it took him a long time to settle on the oboe...

(But like I said, I know this only from what I've heard and from all the
various versions I've played...I haven't actually sat down to pick it
apart...^_^ )

Shouryu Nohe
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