Klarinet Archive - Posting 000870.txt from 1998/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] About the Mozart concerto on B-flat clarinet
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 18:05:18 -0400

At 08:51 AM 7/23/98 -0400, Karl Krelove wrote:
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
>To: Clarinet List <klarinet@-----.org>
>Date: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 2:41 PM
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.
>
Apparently the arranger was either a pitch purist, a flutist who didn't
want to relearn the part, or just plain LAZY!

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