Klarinet Archive - Posting 001375.txt from 2000/06

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] an interesting question/idea
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 07:17:13 -0400

At 09:16 PM 06/29/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>What kind of opinions were you looking for? Something along the lines of
>"that poster is full of, um, misinformation"? Every statement of fact except
>the last one (about recordings) in that paragraph is wrong. It wasn't in
>Pino, it wasn't originally written for basset horn (just a fragmentary rough
>draft), the basset horn was in G not F, Stadler didn't perform it on both
>instruments, and it isn't commonly played up a 4th.
>
>I _would_ be interested in hearing the concerto played on bass clarinet, just
>to find out what it sounds like.
>
> --Doug

Doug,

I was interested in knowing if others held the same opinion regarding the
original use of the Concerto - eg. Stadler having played it on a basset
horn in F, etc.........

Regarding the Concerto played on a bass......hmmmm, that would be
interesting wouldn't it?

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

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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