Klarinet Archive - Posting 000820.txt from 2001/10

From: "Katherine V. Matasy" <kmatasy@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Schoenberg Suite Op.29-clarinet parts
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:52:11 -0400

Myke Cuthbert writes:
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>Curious if anyone knows of a version of this piece where the cl parts
>are in Eb, Bb, and Bb (Bass) (like you'd expect). The original
>universal edition (the only ones I have access to) are in C, C, and C
>(w/ lots of bass clef). Schoenberg wrote the piece during a brief
>period when he thought transposing instruments were soon to be
>obsolete. The parts are also unsatisfactory in that they have huge
>measure numbers every bar (obscuring the music) and numerous errors
>recently corrected in the New Schoenberg Edition (issued w/o parts
>though).

I've played this piece many times with Universal Edition parts, and the
clarinet parts are indeed transposed for E-flat, B-flat/A, and bass in
B-flat. The bass clarinet part (which, incidentally, goes down to low D,
so you need an instrument with the low C extension) is entirely in treble
clef. The U.E. catalog number for these parts is 8685. The parts are
clear and well-cued (the measure numbers are reasonably sized) but may
very well contain some errors that have been corrected in the new edition.

Kathy Matasy
Clarinet Instructor, Performance Faculty
Wellesley College Dept. of Music
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