Klarinet Archive - Posting 000569.txt from 1999/05

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Different pitched Clarinets timbral qualities
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 17:23:23 -0400

JW schrieb:

> Some composers do/did indeed write for specific clarinets. Stravinsky
> is one in particular, ala his 'Three Pieces'. He was very specific
> about wanting the 'A' stuff played on A clarinet, not just because of
> pitch, but timbre...

- snip -

Mitchell Lurie told me during a lesson on the Stravinksy 3 pieces that
Stravinsky himself once actually stopped a performance because the
clarinettist had not changed instruments for the third mvt.

David
David Glenn
notestaff@-----.de

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