Klarinet Archive - Posting 000867.txt from 2003/03

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 01:56:04 -0500

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 22:04:05 -0500, bhausmann1@-----.net said:

> At 05:34 PM 3/21/2003 -0500, Justin Ruckman wrote:

> > Would anyone out there know if there is a piano arrangement for the
> > accompaniment to Bernstein's 'Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs'? I'm
> > looking to play it on my next recital, and would rather just do
> > clarinet and piano if possible, rather than jazz ensemble. Thanks
> > :::: JUSTIN
>
> I normally have no objection to transcriptions, but that's one piece I
> don't think will work with a piano accompaniment.

It's not, after all, anything to do with the clarinet for most of its
length. Like the Ebony Concerto, it was written for a band; that both
pieces include a clarinet spot for the leader of that band is
historically proper, but musically incidental.

(...though perhaps in our own interest, it's wise not to say so too much
around concert promoters;-)

Tony
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