Klarinet Archive - Posting 000704.txt from 2003/03

From: The Ciompi Family <deal5@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] I can't take it anymore!!!
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 16:34:42 -0500

I think to the uninitiated, there ought to be a difference in how music is
catalogued. The Rossini is a perfect example. It was only discovered in the
1960's, but it is an ORIGINAL work by Rossini for clarinet and orchestra.
The Rossini that was shipped to to Rebecca was an ARRANGEMENT, for clarinet
and piano, of Rossini music that was NOT originally conceived for the clarinet.
It seems to me that an enterprising music distributor might take up this
mantle and divide original scores from arrangements. Therefore, we would know
that Bartok's Contrasts were ORIGINALLY written for clarinet, violin and piano.
All the other Bartok arrangements by Balassa and others may be good, but they
ARE arrangements - not original compositions by the composer.

Arturo

Elgenubi@-----.com wrote:

> Rebecca,
> There is a trivial point, which you probably already realize. When
> you order a piece of music written for Clarinet and Orchestra, you will
> probably get the music with a piano reduction of the orchestra part. This is
> customary; you probably really didn't expect a whole set of orchestral parts.
> There is a further moral. There are a lot of editions out there and music
> stores don't always know exactly what they are doing. Now-a-days, we have
> Web resources. Look at the 'Compositions' page at woodwind.org.
> <http://www.woodwind.org/Databases/Composers/Names/008408.html>
> I just did and I learned about the piece you bought by accident (it looks
> interesting), and a couple of other Rossini pieces I didn't know about.
> And we have Web sites to buy music from. Bottom line? Be careful and order
> exactly what you want.
>
> Wayne Thompson
>
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