Klarinet Archive - Posting 000351.txt from 2003/12

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Schirmer Ed. of Handel's Messiah
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:34:53 -0500

Dan,

What do you know about the man, Coopersmith? He seems to have done a lot of
editing and arrangements from Handel's time period.

Forest

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Schirmer Ed. of Handel's Messiah

> 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.
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> Dan
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> Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:
> > Stacy-Michelle wrote:
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> >>Clarinet 1 part to the Handel's Messiah,
> >>Schirmer Ed. [snip] where I can find it on
> >>short notice??
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> > Is this what you're looking for? I found it on SheetMusicPlus's web
> > site:
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> > ==========
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> > 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.
> >
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> --
> Dan Leeson
> leeson0@-----.net
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