Klarinet Archive - Posting 000129.txt from 1999/11

From: chr <chr@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Andrew Lloyd Webber
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 18:41:34 -0500

>If Webber follows a custom on Broadway in New York, he may have written
>the part for a specific player, who made some serious doubling money for
>assembling the extra clarinet to play that note. I've seen show books
>with 8 bars of flute or sax, written for a doubler of minimal skill, so
>that the player could collect the doubling. On a long running show, it
>can be significant. While it's not necessarily relevant to the Requiem,
>maybe those habits die hard.
That sounds like a logical explanation. In this orchestra, all the
musicians get the same pay. It's run by some string players who were sick
of getting paid less than the wind players so everyone gets the same, no
matter how many instruments they have to bring. Needless to say, we
transposed the A clar. part. We would have gladly packed out the A for
extra pay though.
Cindy

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