Klarinet Archive - Posting 001038.txt from 1998/05

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Basset clarinet repertoire
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 15:06:49 -0400

The discussion recently on the basset clarinet piqued my
interest. A relatively well-known composer, Jane Brockman
had visited sneezy and left a number of composition updates
for me, so I posed the question to her ("Why aren't there more
compositions for basset clarinet?") Her response (quoted by
permission):

> Dear Mark,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Regarding your question on the basset, and why composers don't write for
> it: I only write music when I know a performer or group of performers will
> play it--a lot! Usually, this comes in the form of a commission, or a
> request with promise to program the piece as part of a performer's touring
> repertoire. No one has ever requested music with the basset cl.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jane Brockman
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> "The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid
> prejudice." -- Mark Twain
>
> My website: <http://members.aol.com/WWWDiaph/Brockman.html>

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Business: charette@-----.org
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"There is only physics involved in playing a clarinet poorly.
There is no physics involved in playing a clarinet well.
That is performed by magic." - Fizzisist, on the Clarinet BB

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