Klarinet Archive - Posting 000331.txt from 2000/08

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] My memory /Tony Pay`s Weber
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:59:26 -0400

Klarinetters,
I`ve done some research on the Respighi low Eb`s on the Bb instru. It turns
out that in "Pines of Rome" 1924,
the beginning of the 2nd movt has one low Eb. There >is time to change to
the A and transpose, the previous (1st) movt is on the Bb. And there >is
time to change back again - the movt continues on the Bb. >That, I s`pose is
fortunate for Respighi if the trend to play on full Boehm`s has
disappeared. >With full Boehm`s available therefore, at that time, (when
Respighi was writing his "Rome" epics), I find it strange that he didn`t
make more use of the low Eb on the Bb instru. In all three of the "Rome"
symphonic poems, he uses it but once!
Tony W.
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Pay <Tony@-----.uk>
Subject: Re: [kl] My memory /Tony Pay`s Weber

> On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 22:13:36 +0100, tony-wakefield@-----.net said:
>
> > Does anyone know anything about Italian clarinets? Or is there a
> > trick, when Respighi sends his Bb clarinet parts down to Eb (Db
> > concert). Do players use the "A" and transpose, or is it essential to
> > have the "newish" low Eb fitted to one`s own Bb? I have heard that it
> > is a standard fitting in Italy.
>
> It used to be the case that many players in Italy played on 'full Boehm'
> instruments, ie, ones with low Eb. So, it's an 'oldish' rather than
> 'newish' Eb, really. This 'tradition' has almost entirely died out.
>
> I haven't encountered many low Ebs in the repertoire. If as you say
> there are low Ebs in Respighi, the 'trick' is probably one of: to leave
> it out or put it up the octave if it's not too important; to switch
> notes with some other instrument; to stick the A bell up the Bb bell
> with Blutak temporarily, if there isn't a low E in the passage; to play
> it on the A clarinet if you can make the switch conveniently; to
> transpose the whole piece for A clarinet; to write out the whole piece
> for A clarinet; to get someone else to write out the whole piece for A
> clarinet; to send a deputy.
>
> Tony

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