Klarinet Archive - Posting 000146.txt from 1998/08

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Re: Haydn and the clarinet
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 14:35:51 -0400

On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Steven J Goldman, MD wrote:

> Neither Haydn, Joseph or Michael, wrote a clarinet concerto. I know of a
> transcription of a Michael Haydn flute concerto for clarinet. There were
> no clarinets in the Esterhazy orchestra and F.J. Haydn only wrote for
> clarinet when writing for other ensembles (such as his London Symphonies
> and Nocturnes)

There is an oboe concerto in C major, formerly attributed to Haydn, which
has been transcribed for clarinet. In the clarinet version, the
accompaniment has been transcribed for piano and transposed to the key of
Bb. It's a good work, but not a great one, in my opinion, for either
instrument.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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