Klarinet Archive - Posting 000069.txt from 2003/01

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Ingrid=20Elizabeth=20Pearson?= <iepearson@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] the clarinet in Turkey
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 17:20:49 -0500

Dear Clarinettists,

Having spent a week in Turkey over the Christmas/New
Year period, I was really excited to hear a
clarinettist in a bar in Istanbul one evening. The
bloke was playing a G clarinet in a ensemble
comprising darabbukah, ud, tambourine, singer and
violin. I didn't learn the clarinettist's name but he
turned out to be the son of the bigname clarinettist
who was supposed to be appearing that night!

I've looked through the obvious clarinet reference
books for some information about who introduced the
clarinet to Turkey and why the G in particular, but
alas, there's not much to be found. Perhaps it was
Giuseppe Donizetti but then this would mean that the G
clarinet was used in 19th-century Italian
bands.........

Any information would be most welcome.

Many thanks and best wishes,
Ingrid Pearson

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