Klarinet Archive - Posting 000809.txt from 1998/07

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] About the Mozart concerto on B-flat clarinet
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:51:39 -0400

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From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] About the Mozart concerto on B-flat clarinet

>This topic is being hotly discussed in our community band. We are doing a
nice
>band transcription of Copland's Hoedown. In itself, this is no trivial
piece
>to play. But this particular transcription is made evil by being keyed in
>concert D major, giving the clarinets four sharps.

If I remember correctly from the last time I played it with an orchestra,
that's the original key. I'm surprised the band arranger didn't move it up a
half-step.

Karl Krelove

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