Klarinet Archive - Posting 000428.txt from 2001/04

From: Gavin Rebetzke <GRebetzke@-----.au>
Subj: RE: [kl] Oklahoma/F# trill fingering
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:42:25 -0400

Before I get corrected by someone currently playing SP, it is possible I'm
getting my musicals mixed up. If it wasn't SP, it was Brigadoon, which I
think is a Lerner and Lowe (sp?) musical, which called for A and Bb. Or
maybe it was Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, or both, or all three.
Certainly the G&S parts I have played called for both instruments. I do
recall, however, that playing South Pacific was more "fun" musically than
Oklahoma (IMHO). ---Gavin.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausmann1@-----.com]
Subject: RE: [kl] Oklahoma/F# trill fingering

At 11:23 AM 4/18/2001 +1000, Gavin Rebetzke wrote:
>I agree with Richard, playing Oklahoma is a challenge. It is also a
>disappointment because I played for "South Pacific" a couple of years ago
>and I assumed that the orchestration would be as good in Oklahoma. (It
isn't
>IMHO) Obviously R&H musicals just got better as they went on.

Robert Russell Bennett scored most of Rogers and Hammerstein's musicals.

> Incidentally,
>South Pacific was scored for both A and Bb clarinets, and I do wonder
>whether Oklahoma was originally scored that way - particularly because of
>the mistake with the key signature in the "Oh what a beautiful morning"
>piece.

Gee, I don't remember that, and I once CONDUCTED a production of South
Pacific! Of course, I don't think anyone in our little community theater
group OWNED an A clarinet anyway, so it is a moot point.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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