Klarinet Archive - Posting 000317.txt from 1998/11

From: "F. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mozart and a "new concerto"
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 23:53:32 -0500

I've never seen that one, but I have an Ensemble Music Press edition that
has it arranged for 2 CLARINETS!

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 02:37 PM 11/10/98 +1300, you wrote:
>At 08:24 AM 9/11/98 -1300, you wrote:
><snip>
>>
>>Suppose for a moment that Mozart did write another clarinet concerto
>>and the violin mafia decided to steal it and make it into a violin
>>concerto. The two instruments have such different tessaturas and
>>are used so radically differently that what would come out would be
>>a crippled piece of composition.
>
>When I bought a copy of the Weber Grand Duo Concertant, it had a second solo
>part - written for violin. I don't know who'd rearranged it (was it Weber
>himself? Anyone know?), and I haven't ever got anyone to play it (my
>sister's violin playing is not of a good enough standard, probably because
>she's only 11), but it looks to be reasonably well done. Still, I don't
>think I like the idea very much. Anybody else ever seen this before? It's
>a fairly common edition (don't have it with me right now, so I can't tell
>you exactly which one).
>
>Anna
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