Klarinet Archive - Posting 000350.txt from 2003/12

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Schirmer Ed. of Handel's Messiah
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:14:55 -0500

Yes, I know the Prout edition, and the fact that you bring it up
underscores the danger of just asking for a clarinet part in the Handel
Messiah. The player must get a specific one.

Dan

Andy Raibeck wrote:

> Maybe Schirmer has multiple editions -- the one from Schirmer I am playing
> tonight was arranged by Ebenezer Prout.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> --- Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net> wrote:
>
>>There are many editions of Handel's Messiah for which Handel was not the
>>arranger. I think the Schirmer edition was compiled and arranged by a
>>man named Coopersmith, so it is called the Coopersmith edition. It has
>>a clarinet part, but that does not mean that it is the edition that
>>Stacy=Michelle needs. Mozart's arrangement of the Messiah has a
>>clarinet part. You have to know exactly what edition you will be playing
>> and having a clarinet part from some other edition is not going to do
>>you any good.
>>
>>Dan
>>
>>
>>Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:
>>
>>>Stacy-Michelle wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Clarinet 1 part to the Handel's Messiah,
>>>>Schirmer Ed. [snip] where I can find it on
>>>>short notice??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Is this what you're looking for? I found it on SheetMusicPlus's web
>>>site:
>>>
>>>==========
>>>
>>>Handel - Messiah (Oratorio, 1741) Your price $4.95 Lead time before
>>>shipment 3 to 5 business days
>>>
>>>About Messiah (Oratorio, 1741) - Clarinet Part. By George Frideric
>>>Handel. (Clarinet). Choral Large Works. Size 9x12 inches. 36 pages.
>>>Published by G. Schirmer, Inc. (50342570)
>>>
>>>Composed in 1742, Handel's Messiah remains the epitome of the modern
>>>oratorio. An awesome masterpiece, it combines choruses, arias, and
>>>recitatives into a huge lyric work altogether nondenominational in
>>>character.
>>>
>>
>>--
>>Dan Leeson
>>leeson0@-----.net
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