Klarinet Archive - Posting 001214.txt from 1998/03

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: I'm sooooooooo lazy....
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 06:11:55 -0500

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.10
> Subj: I'm sooooooooo lazy....

> Okay, I recently got ahold of the score to Symphonie Fantastique.
> Marvelous piece, always loved it, blah blah blah.
>
> (Actually, the end of the fourth movement is the coolest...He's on the
> scaffold, the clarinet whines out the whore's theme one last time...and a
> sforzando to chop off the bugger's head...the pizzicato for his head
> bouncing in the basket is a great touch too...then the entire orchestra:
> "He's deaaaaad! He's deaaaaad! He's deaaaaad!" Man...what an awesome
> piece...)
>
> Oh, wait, I had a point to make, didn't I?
> No...I had question. That's it.
>
> Anyways, I got the part, and the first movement was scored for clarinet in
> Sib, or Bb, as it were, and the next in A, and after that, in Bb again.
> Fourth movement was in C, and the final in Eb.
>
> Whew.
>
> Was the late classical/early romantic clarinet that bad that three
> different clarinets had to be used? Or did they just do transposing for
> the C and A parts?

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Could you please explain what you mean by the cryptic "Was the
late classical/early romantic clarinet that bad ..."? In what way
does "bad" have anything to do with this?

It is impossible to answer your question in a rational manner
when the posing of it is so very unclear.

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>
> (Yes, I realize that I could go and research this. And yes, Dr. Borchert,
> I know that it is something you'd rather have me do. But it's 9 at night,
> and I'm lazy. :P ... of course, you could always dock my grade
> somehow...)
>
> Anyways...that's all. ^_^
>
> Shouryu Nohe
> Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
> http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe; ICQ 6771552
> Coffee Drinker, Musician, Otaku, Jesus Freak, Admirer of Women
> (Not necessarily in that order)
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> "If Shinji is denser than lead, then Rei Ayanami is off the atomic
> scale!" - Sohryuu Asuka
>
>
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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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