Klarinet Archive - Posting 000827.txt from 1998/05

From: Hans Petter Bonden <bonden@-----.no>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: A new concept in orchestral clarinets
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 19:10:59 -0400

alan hacker

Mitch Bassman wrote:

> At 06:37 AM 5/14/98 EDT, Dan Leeson wrote:
> > [Regarding the basset clarinet,] To suggest that if such an instrument
> were available
> >today and composers would NOT write for it argues the flow of history.
>
> An interesting comment! It immediately made me think: But such an
> instrument *is* available today! As everyone on this mailing list knows,
> the basset clarinet (at least in A) is available from major clarinet
> makers. Several contemporary artists own them and have recorded Mozart's
> concerto using them.
>
> That raises the question: Has any contemporary composer taken advantage of
> the extended range for the A clarinet in any new work?
>
> I think Dan has a good point. Perhaps the next ICA composition contest
> ought to encourage the use of the extended range instrument. Comments?
>
> Mitch Bassman
> Burke, Virginia, USA
>
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