Klarinet Archive - Posting 000845.txt from 2004/03

From: "Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner" <Georg.Kuehner@------.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Brass clarinet in Db
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 01:58:30 -0500

Am 14.03.2004 23:48 Uhr schrieb "Tony Pay" unter <tony.p@------.org>:

> I've had a query from a friend of mine, Gary Howarth, who is working on a
> series of recordings that attempt to recreate the world of the brass band in
> England in the mid-1800s.
>
> There is an arrangement of 'God Save the King/Queen' that uses flute in Db,
> cornet in Ab, and 'brass clarinet in Db'.

Hello Tony,
The Flute in Db was used in the context of woodwind and Brass-orchestras
because it is easier to write arrangements when there are a lot of Bb and Eb
instruments.
That's what I was told when I spoke to my former teacher some years ago.

Best Georg
> Does anyone know anything about such an instrument?
>
> Tony

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