Klarinet Archive - Posting 001366.txt from 2000/06

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] an interesting question/idea
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 23:30:03 -0400

This was posted to the bass clarinet listserv and I wanted opinions from
you folks here on the Klarinet listserv. Please post opinions.......

RG

The poster wrote:

Here's a thought- I read (in Pino, I think) that the Mozart clarinet
concerto was not originally written for basset clarinet in A, but for basset
horn in F. (Stadler did perform it on both instruments in both versions,
though.) If that is the case, it doesn't seem to me that playing it down a
5th on bass is any less appropriate than playing it up a 4th on soprano, as
is commonly done in recitals. Any opinions? Has anyone performed/heard it
in this format?
How about with basset horn? I know there are basset clarinet recordings
available.

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

A Clarinetist's Revenge is sometimes personified by the following excerpt
from the London Daily News, circa 1926:

"The saxophone is a long metal instrument bent at both ends. It is alleged
to be musical. As regards markings, the creature has a series of tiny taps
stuck upon it, apparently at random. These taps are very sensitive: when
touched they cause the instrument to utter miserable sounds suggesting
untold agony. Sometimes it bursts into tears. At either end there is a
hole. People, sometimes for no reason at all, blow down the small end of
the saxophone which then shrieks and moans."

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