Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 1999/01

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Re: Basset horn vs. basset clarinet
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 22:40:03 -0500

On 12/28/98 10:14 PM, Dan Leeson wrote:

>As far as its use is concerned, Mozart treated the instrument both
>as a soprano voice (it doubles the soprano voices througout the
>entire Requiem), and alto voice (the 2nd basset horn doubles the
>altos) and a bass voice (the third basset horn in the Masonic
>Funeral Music) is the lowest instrument of the three and is even
>written in bass clef.

Richard Strauss also had a wide variety of sounds in mind for this
instrument. If you are lucky enough to play the 4th book in Rosenkavalier
(basset horn doubling bass clarinet), you'll find yourself playing 1st
clarinet, 2nd clarinet, and bass(et) clarinet, all in the same book. It's
a remarkable array of sounds.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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