Klarinet Archive - Posting 000172.txt from 1998/08

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Mozart and the right clarinet
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 07:40:39 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.97
> Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Mozart and the right clarinet

> Dan,
> I haven't done the primary research with Mozart's autographs but I am
> curious about the use of the extended range of the basset clarinet. The
> Lawson book didn't say that Stadler didn't have D# and C#, but that there
> appeared to be an evolution of sorts with the extended range gradually
> filled out. There seems to be a possibility that Mozart was using notes as
> they became available (at least to Stadler) I'm also curious about the use
> of alternate passages/ notes in some sections. Did Mozart offer solutions
> for the player with a "regular" clarinet?

If the question is did Mozart write basset notes and then offer an
alternative note for a player who might not have such notes, the answer
is an absolute no. He didn't write for the general marketplace because
there was none. He wrote for a specific player.

>
> Anne
>
>
> Anne Bell
> bell@-----.net
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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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