Klarinet Archive - Posting 000112.txt from 1999/10

From: Stephen Heinemann <sjh@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Peter and the Wolf and the Chalumeau
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:34:49 -0400

David B. Niethamer wrote:

> [...] It is not a Kalmus invention, complete
> with mistaken low Eb in the midst of one of the cat solos (Shadow take
> note!!).

I had often wondered why Prokofiev chose the clarinet to represent
the cat, until one of my orchestration students gave a presentation on
the instrument a few weeks ago. She said that the low register is
referred to as the "shall-you-meow" register.

Steve Heinemann
Bradley University

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