Klarinet Archive - Posting 001141.txt from 2000/06

From: mus_ldj@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] C clarinet (was:clefs & transposition, was oboe fingerings)
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:05:57 -0400

Is the E-11 Buffet horns much better than the competitors?

"Kevin Fay (LCA)" wrote:

> on 6/23/00 12:25 AM, Ann Satterfield wrote:
>
> >I haven't heard a C clarinet live yet, but was facinated when i heard a
> >discussion and some examples on NPR program.
> >
> >So now I try to go towards the tone color when playing a C part.
> >
> >Geez, do you think that some of those composers *knew* what they were
> >doing?
>
> . . . and David Niethamer replied:
>
> <<<Absolutely, and the more actual C clarinet I play, the more I believe it.
> Even Beethoven, and that was a surprise to me. Check out the last movement
> of Beethoven 5, playing C clarinet with oboes and trumpets.>>>
>
> There was a large string on C clarinets a while ago. While it's possible
> that Beethoven used the different keyed clarinets out of the need to make
> the passages lie well, there is no question that more modern composers
> clearly wanted the "brighter" (sorry, Dan -- let's just say different) tone
> color of the smaller instrument.
>
> The best example I can proffer would be Richard Strauss' symphony "The Happy
> Workshop" -- great piece, 5 clarinet parts. (1 C, 2 Bb, 1 basset horn, 1
> bass). I bought my C to play this piece -- the tone color variation is
> clearly the reason for the separate part. (A good thing, too, 'cuz the C
> part is pretty much unplayable on the Bb!).
>
> My C is a Noblet 45, which was the only instrument that anyone in the
> country seemed to have in stock at the time I needed to buy it. I have
> heard that Buffet is now marketing an E-11 in C. Has anyone tried one? They
> are listed for less $$$ than the Noblet in the mail order catalogs; if the
> intonation is as good as the Bb E-11 (i.e., better than the Noblet!) it
> would seem to be a spectacular bargain.
>
> kjf
>
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