Klarinet Archive - Posting 000700.txt from 1998/03

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: Bass clarinets in A
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:45:31 -0500

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.60
> Subj: Bass clarinets in A

> Hi, everyone. I'm hoping that someone will be able to tell me how common
> bass clarinets in A are. I'm playing bass for "The Noon Witch", and the
> part is for bass in A. I don't think there are any A basses in New Zealand,
> but I'm just wondering if they're still around. I know one or two numbers
> in "Nutcracker" (the whole ballet, not the suite) are for bass in A, but
> that's about all I've found for it. Anybody know anything?
> Thanks
> Anna

I used to own one and I know of about 4 or 5 others in the US. There
is lots of music for A bass including almost every Mahler symphony,
Rachmaninoff, Dohnanyi, and much more in Nutcracker than you said.
There are about 4 or 5 pieces with an A bass.

I sold mine to the b.c. of the Toronto Symphony.

>
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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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