Klarinet Archive - Posting 000523.txt from 1999/04

From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Harpsichord in k.622?
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 15:51:00 -0400

I'm probably going to sound pretty clueless here, but does the clarinet
play in tuttis in K. 622?

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Hill / Karen Hutchinson <hutchill@-----.net>
Date: Sunday, April 04, 1999 5:23 PM

>I know the recording you refer to and find that the harpsichord does not
>really match at all.
>
>The practice of keyboard realisation of a bass part (continuo) is well
>established into the 19th century. (including some Beethoven) But not for
>all repertoire. Hogwood's Haydn symphony cycle omits continuo altogether
on
>the basis that Haydn probably led from the violin. For Mozart's keyboard
>concertos it is known that the piano played in the tuttis as well. For
the
>clarinet concerto the use of a keyboard is not established - the fact
that
>there is nothing in the Dover or any other score doesn't mean a thing.
(Nor
>does the presence or absence of figuring on the score for that matter.)

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