Klarinet Archive - Posting 000513.txt from 2001/08

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Come on Aaron, think about what you said!
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 04:51:52 -0400

If you don't think that a composer can hear a character difference
between the B-flat and A clarinets, why then did Stravinksy call for
B-flat clarinet in one movement and A in the others (or maybe the other
way round, I forget). And when Rufus Aerey (spelling??) played them all
on one clarinet, Stravinsky bit his ass off saying, "I wrote those
movements for A clarinet because that is what I wanted."

While I grant you have a better ear than Beethoven, all you are doing is
setting up argument that sustain and already formed opinion on the
matter. I am unable to argue if this or that sounds better on an A or
B-flat clarinet. And anyone who says that it does is giving me his/her
opinion, not fact. The only fact is what instrument the composer chose,
and I'm not smart enough to second guess him.
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