Klarinet Archive - Posting 000791.txt from 1998/10

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Erin Bray's request
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:51:10 -0400

Erin is looking for orchestral works that begin with a clarinet
solo. How about beginning with multiple clarinets in solo??

Schoenberg arrangement of the Brahms g-minor quartet opens with
three clarinets playing all alone: E-flat, B-flat, and bass. and
covering four octaves (if I remember correctly).

It is the only Brahms work in which a bass clarinet player gets
anything to do, though that is thanks to Schoenberg and not
to Brahms.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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