Klarinet Archive - Posting 001233.txt from 2000/10

From: MVinquist@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Francoeur Sicilienne & Rigaudon
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:46:40 -0400

On 10/16, David Blumberg asked:
Does anyone know what key the original Sicilienne & Rigaudon by Francoeur
was written in? I have the Bonade 16 Grand Solos book which it is in A
minor, but the Summit Records "Tarantelle" Recording by Bob Spring
(http://www.mp3.com/robertspring) is playing it in B Minor (which doesn't
lay nearly as easily!) Easy in A minor, pretty difficult in B. Guessing that
the Bonade ver. is the transposed one, but since the book is not designed to
be easy, not sure why the difference in keys.

David -

The piece is not by Francoeur, but rather by Fritz Kreisler, who attributed
many of his encore pieces to obscure baroque composers. Just listen to the
perfumed harmonic changes and you know right away it couldn't be baroque
music.

Kreisler wrote it in B minor, probably because two sharps is an easy key for
violin. (Think of all the violin concertos in D.) I agree that Bonade's
version in A minor (sounding, of course in G minor) lies better for clarinet,
and I've always done it in that key. Technical difficulties don't exist for
Bob Spring, so maybe it didn't occur to him to use a transposed version.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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