Klarinet Archive - Posting 000177.txt from 2002/10

From: "Avrahm Galper" <agalper@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Bartok Contrasts
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 13:48:13 -0400

Bartok Contrasts

Originally written for A clarinet in the first two movements and a little
interlude for A in the third movement which is in Bb except for the little
interlude mentioned.

Boosey and Hawkes put out a version entirely of Bb clarinet. The little
interlude in the last movement has some adjustments to compensate for not
having the low note of the A clarinet.

If someone comes out playing it on one clarinet, most likely it's the Bb
version.

There was a case like that with the Mozart concerto.
A reviewer in 1802 remarked that the original was for a clarinet going to
low C. But since the there was a scarcity of such instruments, the publisher
decided to arrange it for an ordinary A clarinet.

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