Klarinet Archive - Posting 000883.txt from 1999/10

From: DGross1226@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Serpent Substitutes
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 03:45:17 -0400

Glendale (California) Community College orchestra is performing Mendelssohn's
Symphony No. 5 (Reformation). The fourth movement calls for serpent &
contrabassoon. While tuba may be the conventional wisdom substitute for the
serpent, has anyone heard of substituting bass clarinet? I realize the
timbre of the bass clarinet might not be exactly what Mendelssohn wanted, but
we have an overabundance of clarinetists.

Don Gross
La Canada, California

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