Klarinet Archive - Posting 000361.txt from 2002/12

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mezzo soprano pieces
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 00:34:15 -0500

Richard,

If memory serves me well, the reason I hadn't been able to
program the Three Songs of Innocence on a recital was because it
WAS a mezzo piece, and I have only done chamber recitals with
lyric or coloratura sopranos. I believe it only goes up to an E
(top space *in* the treble staff) which should be great for a
mezzo. I don't believe alto range was used either. It was all in
the staff.

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
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--- Richard Sankovich <sanko@-----.edu> wrote:
> Hi! Is anyone familiar with any of the following pieces, all
> of which
> involve clarinet and mezzo-soprano voice? I would appreciate
> having
> your opinions about any of them.
>
> Amy: d'un Desastre Obscur
> Lohberg: Ausgewahlte Lieder
> Reif: Encounters
> Rimsky-Korsakov: Song of the Shepherd Lell
> Wanamaker: Mid-winter Waking
>
> I am looking for chamber music suitable for a mezzo soprano or
> alto
> voice, no higher than the fifth line F on the treble clef.
> (We already
> have the songs by Spohr and Lachner.) Would Cooke's Three
> Songs of
> Innocence be in the mezzo range?
>
> Thank you for your help. ---Richard Sankovich

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