Klarinet Archive - Posting 000562.txt from 2000/02
From: Keith <100012.1302@-----.com> Subj: [kl] Basset horn sound Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 12:50:23 -0500
<snip from Dan Leeson>
>Keith concludes his note with the pregnant words "sounded too much like
a soprano clarinet" in reference to some Uebel basset horns.
>Who suggested that the basset horns were NOT soprano clarinets??? In
Mozart's Requiem they certainly are. The instruments that double the
female soprano and alto voices are the two basset horns. They never,
never, never double the tenor or bass voices. So since they are
assigned the female lines, one has to question exactly what voice basset
horns are in the choir of instruments.
>Many of the instrumentation books call them "also clarinets" or "tenor
clarinets" but I would suggest that they are soprano clarinets in F that
happen to have low notes.
No argument, Dan, I agree with you. My comment referred to the BASS =
not basset horns from Uebel, and it was a quote from someone else, =
not my own opinion. She was expressing it as a consideration to
be discussed, rather than a conclusion. Sorry I did not express it more =
clearly. I was strongly tempted to steal that Uebel bass, anyway!
Does anyone know if Uebel still exists?
Keith Bowen
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