Klarinet Archive - Posting 000223.txt from 2002/02

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mixed Quartets
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 15:51:44 -0500

on 2/14/2002 2:10 PM, Lori Lovato wrote:

>There's a wonderful piece by Astor Piazzolla called
>Histoire du Tango for Eb, 2 Bbs, and Bass. The Eb
>part is also transposed for Bb, plus the 3rd Bb part
>is transposed for basset in F. Now that would be
>amazing! The edition I have is by Henry Lemoine and
>was adapted by Bruce Edwards. I think it might have
>originally been written for saxophones....it's still a
>great piece. : )

This is a great arrangement. I reviewed Bruce's recording in "The
Clarinet", and it's worth getting. Bruce arranged the music for clarinets
from the saxophone arrangement, but I believe the original is for strings.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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