Klarinet Archive - Posting 000246.txt from 2002/12

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] bass clarinet in A [was claribass in A]
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 22:45:05 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Leeson [mailto:leeson0@-----.net]
>
> This is a fascinating but perplexing situation, namely why would a
> composer call for a bass clarinet in A. There are probably three
> reasons, and I am not sure that they are all exclusive of one another.

There is at least one more: the composer has a friend in the orchestra with
an instrument in an unusual key, and creating a composition utilizing that
unusual instrument will benefit the friend.

Mark C.

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