Klarinet Archive - Posting 000408.txt from 2004/01

From: Martin Arnold <martin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bass Clarinet part in C
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:27:10 -0500

On 1/14/04 4:07 AM, "Nick Shackleton" <njs5@-----.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dan mentioned that he had only seen one bass clarinet part in C. When
> Schoenberg wrote the Suite Op 29 he was so anti-tonality that he could not
> bring himself to accept transposing instruments. Thus the three printed
> clarinet parts are headed Kleine Klarinette, Klarinette, and Bassklarinette
> and all three are written in C (the bass clarinet mostly in the bass clef
> at pitch but occasionally in treble clef at pitch). I can see from the
> state of the bass part that in 1964 I did a lot of work on it - what a
> nightmare!
> I suppose that it was left to the player to decide which size of small
> clarinet he/she felt like playing! I dealt with that by whiteout on the
> bottom line of the stave, adding another line at the top and adjusting all
> the accidentals.
> I believe that later it was printed with transposed parts.
> Nick
>
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Dear Nick and List;

Last fall I played Prokifieff's Suite from the opera the Love of Three
Oranges and the bass clarinet part was all in C, Kalmus edition. As for the
complete opera part I don't know if it too is in C or Bb. Like Prokieff's
ballet Romeo and Juliet- the complete part is in bass clef but the first
suite is in treble clef! Go figure.

Martin Arnold
Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Mexico City Philharmonic: http://www.musicos-ofcm.com/martin/
Bass Clarinet Scale Book: http://www.aztecpress.com.mx

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