Klarinet Archive - Posting 000410.txt from 2002/02

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Instrumentation Question
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 02:16:24 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Yungkurth [mailto:clarinet@-----.net]
>
> Benjamin Maas asked about the instrumentation of the Sibelius Violin
> Concerto and an on-line source of such information. Google found
> Kalmus for
> me and the following listing:
>
> http://www.kalmus-music.com/
>
> Catalog# A2044
> SIBELIUS, Jean (1865-1957)
> Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47
> 2, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 0, timp, str, solo violin in set
>
> I couldn't get further into the site to get a definitive explanation of
> their shorthand for the instrumentation, but it looks like 2 each of the
> woodwinds, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings and solo
> violin.
>
> Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)

Thanks for the info Don (Boy do I miss Sibley!!!!), anyways the numbers
correspond to standard orchestral order...

Flutes (+pic/alto flute), oboe (+English Horn), Clarinet (+E-flat/Bass),
Bassoon (+Contra), Horns, Trumpets, Trombones, Tuba, percussion (usually
timp + the number of percussionists needed), String parts, solo.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------