Klarinet Archive - Posting 000846.txt from 2004/03

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@------.oxford.ac.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Brass clarinet in Db
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:27:06 -0500

The flute is no surprise - it's quite a well-known type.
Roger S.

n message <BC7B1211.5184%520045578938-0001@------.de> klarinet@------.org writes:
> 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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