Klarinet Archive - Posting 000459.txt from 2001/08

From: "Kevin Callahan" <kionon@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ab and C Clarinets
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:15:26 -0400

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From: <MVinquist@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Ab and C Clarinets

> Kevin -
>
> Neil makes a very important point. Eventually, you have to search out
things
> on your own. All we can do is point you in the right direction, or at
least
> a right direction.
>
> The place to start is your college music library. To begin, read the
> Clarinet article in Grove.

I'll ask, but it appears they have nothing. I had to go to my regular
library and get an interlibarary loan to acquire the 1998 volume of Mozart
Jahrbuch.

> You should own at least one book on the subject. I think the best place to
> start is Anthony Baines, Woodwind Instruments and Their History. It's
> available in an inexpensive paperback edition, and you should read it
cover
> to cover. Lots of fingering charts, drawings of different key systems and
> photos. There are books exclusively on the clarinet (Rendall, Kroll,
Brymer,
> etc.), but they're mostly out of print (though I think Brymer is now
> available again through Luyben Music). Baines has the big advantage that
he
> tells you about all the woodwinds. If you're like me, you'll devour this
> book, picking up more than you ever thought possible. Each instrument
gives
> you insight into the others.

Ok, I'll try to track one down, though getting books here that are not
textbooks is really hard. The waldenbooks has near to nothing, I haven't
tried the hastings, there is no Barne's&Noble's, and I wary of buying stuff
online, especially since I have no credit card.

> So -- read Baines. Then come back with questions. There are lots of
people
> here who are fascinated by the history of the clarinet. The more you
learn,
> the better the questions you can ask, and the more the rest of us can
learn
> from the mavens like Dan Leeson.

Aye, Aye. But I'll hold you to that, Ken. Don't back down when I come back
with fifty billion questions :P

> College is only half about learning what is presented to you. The other
half
> is teaching yourself to learn on your own.

I got that, and thank you all, (Not just Ken) for reminding me of it.

Kevin Callahan
Student SFASU
School of Music

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