Klarinet Archive - Posting 001376.txt from 1999/01
From: Oliver Seely <oliver@-----.EDU>
Subj: [kl] Some observations on K.268
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:45:44 -0500
Several weeks ago a KLARINETist posted something of a rhetorical
question about K.268, Mozart's "spurious" or "dubious" Violin Concerto #6,
and offered the conjecture that the composer had meant it to be for clarinet.
Alfred Einstein wrote that
"the arranger of [K.268], the youthful Munich violinist Johann Friedrich Eck,
can have had before him at best only a sketch of the first movement and
perhaps
a few opening measures of the Rondo; the middle movement is a crude forgery."
In any case, even the barest possibility that there might have been
another clarinet concerto in progress, begun more than ten years earlier than
the one we all know and love (K.622), piqued
my interest and I couldn't resist trying it out. I'm happy
to report that the full score is now sequenced. I did a little
rearranging of the solo clarinet (solo violin) part because there are some
low-high-low-high 16th note passages which in my opinion aren't
going to work for clarinet. The score which I release will be identical to
that which
was published in the Mozart/Eck original edition, but I'll also offer my
rearranged
solo clarinet part in .MUS format (You'll also be able to download Mark
Charette's
.pdf format sometime in the near future.)
I took the liberty of transposing the Bb Clarinet movements to
concert Bb,F and Bb from the concert Eb,Bb,Eb original versions,
because such a transposition lowers the range for the clarinet 5 half steps
from
that of the violin in the original versions. Even so, there was
still a little messing about with octaves where doing so produces
a more pleasing sound (for me, anyway). The midi file is transposed to be
compatible with my arranged clarinet part. I'm still not happy with measures
131 and 209 in the first movement, however. There is a spot also in the
second movement clearly in error. Maybe one of you can come up
with some better phrasing. E-mail me your changes if you do.
I've been playing it now for several days, making changes here and there
as the urge strikes me. It is no K.622, but a compelling work nonetheless.
The 3rd (Rondo) movement is very flashy and a delight to play (at a somewhat
reduced tempo, I must confess). The world premier midi-karaoke performance
took
place very hurriedly this evening in the same modest surroundings previously
described in this forum after Garrison Keilor told me that today is
Mozart's birthday.
That incorrigible cricket critic tried again to muscle in on my act --
still out of tune and
with absolutely no sense of rhythm. Our geriatric cat Samantha slept
through the
whole performance, as usual. It's hard to come by adoring audiences these
days.
For the person who asked for some recommendations for pieces written
for winds and full orchestra, this doesn't exactly fit the bill, but the
original
score is for flute, oboe, bassoon, French horn, solo violin, violin 1,
violin 2,
viola and cello/contrabass.
I conserved the occasional multi-note passages of the solo violin
and all tutti passages by creating two staves: Solo Violin A and Solo
Violin B.
The clarinet part was derived from the Solo Violin A staff.
The files have been uploaded and are ready for your playing enjoyment at
http://chemistry.csudh.edu/oliver/clarmusi.htm
Oliver
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org
