Klarinet Archive - Posting 000508.txt from 2002/09

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl] Bb/A Conundrum
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:51:46 -0400

Stravinsky did a lot of "rewrites" like that. He had been having problems
with the copyrights to many of his early works. Particularly Russian
copyrights. The "new" editions were intended to protect his royalties. He
assumed that performers - as opposed to publishers - would know to use the
correct instrument.

At 04:38 PM 9/22/02 -0500, you wrote:
>A couple of questions on which horn to use:
>
> From the archives and other readings, I've gleaned that Igor knew and
> understood the sonic difference between the two instruments. Was this
> Stravinsky's artistic decision to do all of the piece on Bb (which,
> ideally, should be respected), or just a lazy copyist? You get to vote -
> let me know.
>
>(An aside - I will probably play the passages on A as they will sound
>better; just want to know how guilty I should feel.)

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