Klarinet Archive - Posting 000292.txt from 2000/03

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] A Clarinet
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 12:15:21 -0500

On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, David B. Niethamer wrote:

> I'd like to know which version of the Messiah you're playing, so that I
> can hide it from our Music Director. If they ever find it here, it will
> ruin my standing December weekend off!! This is one instance where I'm
> all for authenticity, since Handel didn't include the clarinet. (I know,
> I know...Mozart did...!)

I played it Christmas '98. I can't remember who arranged it, but it was
arranged not long after Handel's death. I actually did point out to the
director that Messiah wasn't scored for clarinet when he asked me to play,
and he showed me the arrangement. *shrug* Hey...so there wasn't supposed
to be two clarinets there...but it was a gig...^_^

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"If I wanted a 'job,' I'd have gone music ED, thank you very much!"

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