Klarinet Archive - Posting 001472.txt from 1998/05

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re:high notes-orchestral
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 20:46:21 -0400

Richard Strauss' Guntram goes to high (5th ledger) Bb,B and C marked p!

David Blumberg

Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 14:12:05
From: Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.Net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Please help me / Chalumeau / clarion etc
Roger Shilcock wrote:
>There are plenty of orchestral 1st clar. parts going up to "top" g#
>and/or
>a - Delius and Britten wrote parts going up to the B flat. The Spohr first
>concerto
>actually has an arpeggio passage ending on a top c.
>Whatever Klose wrote in 18??, plenty of players do have to learn to play
>these notes.
Lee wrote:
Can't argue with you, Roger, because you've been in places I never got to.
But I do think one could amend "plenty of players" to "some players.". In
55 years of clarinet playing I've never seen that Bb or C in a score.

David Blumberg
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