Klarinet Archive - Posting 000716.txt from 1998/07

From: Craig Earl Countryman <cegc@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] About the Mozart concerto on B-flat clarinet
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:41:51 -0400

Once again I find myself in agreement with you Dan. Since I might be
performing this work soon, do you think you could recommend an edition that
has a piano reduction compatible with A Clarient? While I must admit that I
have only begun looking, I haven't been able to find one off-hand.

Thank you!

Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:

> Someone took exception to someone's view (maybe mine) that playing the
> Mozart concerto on a B-flat clarinet was not necessarily the best thing
> to do for the work. And the reaction was that pitch standards have
> changed so much that it doesn't really matter that much.
>
> I don't have the note in front of me so forgive me if I have not
> gotten the essence correctly.
>
> I think that such an attitude is class A doo doo.
>

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