Klarinet Archive - Posting 000622.txt from 2002/03

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:31:47 -0500

Tony, if you can find a shepherd sitting on a rock and playing the
basset horn, I'd like to meet that person for some duet sessions!!

Dan

Tony Pay wrote:
>
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:49:30 -0600, sanko@-----.edu said:
>
> > Does anyone know of an edition of Schubert's "Shepherd on the Rock"
> > that has been transposed down by several half steps? I have just made
> > the acquaintance of an excellent mezzo-soprano and would love to work
> > with her on this piece, but she can't get up to the high A's and Bb's.
> > Thanks for any suggestions. ---Richard Sankovich
>
> I suppose you could play it on the A clarinet, or even the bassethorn,
> and transpose the piano part, which is not after all technically
> demanding. I'm sure there's no edition.
>
> Transposing the clarinet part would damage the piece too much. Because
> you need the low F, the best you could do would be a whole tone, and
> you'd be playing in B major on the A clarinet. Not nice.
>
> The bassethorn puts it down a fourth. Anyone tried that?
>
> Dan?-)
>
> Tony
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