Klarinet Archive - Posting 001074.txt from 1998/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Adagio for clarinet choir
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:37:38 -0500

At 11:49 PM 1/23/98 EST, Tom Labadorf wrote:
...Why bother to transcribe
>any music as long as it can be performed with the original intended
>instrumentation?
>...The Barber Adagio for Stings is a beautiful and powerful work. It's
hard for
>me to imagine a transcription for clarinet ensemble working as well.
>
I'll bet it would sound better than if the clarinet ensemble played the
work on violins! Transcriptions are made because people who play different
instruments want to play more good music than is written for their specific
horns. It is as simple as that!

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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.