Klarinet Archive - Posting 001041.txt from 1998/12

From: Luigi Montanez <luigenius@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset horn vs. basset clarinet
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:46:47 -0500

A basset horn is similar to an alto clarinet, although I'm not so sure
what it's pitched at. A basset clarinet is just another name for an A
clarinet.

---Joe Turpin <ajturpin@-----.us> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am relatively new to the list and have been "lurking" and
absorbing the
> good bits of information that get dropped here. I am a bassoonist
in love
> with the clarinet sound and constantly work toward its subtlety of
dynamic
> and articulation.
>
> So, the reason I'm posting is to ask:
> What is the difference between a basset clarinet and a basset horn?
>
> Perhaps regional like the curtal and dulzian; one being from England
the
> other from Germany, but are of the very similar design.
>
> Thanks in advance for all replies and flames:-)
>
> Yours,
> Joe Turpin
> SUNY=Stony Brook
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
> To: klarinet@-----.org>
> Date: Sunday, December 27, 1998 1:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl]Shrifin Recording
>
>
> >From: Jenn D <jsdreis@-----.com>
> >>It's neat that he
> >>actually used his form of a bassett horn instead of a regular 'A'
> >>clarient.
> >
> >
> >Just a little note. It was a basset clarinet, not basset horn, that
was
> >used. It's becoming more common for this instrument to be used for
the
> >Mozart Concerto.
> >
> >I have this recording and enjoy it.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >----
> >Mark Charette@-----.org
> >Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
> >All-around good guy and devil-may-care flying fool.
> >"There can be no freedom without discipline." - Nadia Boulanger
> >
> >
>
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