Klarinet Archive - Posting 000149.txt from 2004/05

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Questions on Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 01:42:48 -0400

Mark Thiel wrote:

>I just did the C. Italien, which calls for A's, and there are certainly some places that would be easier on Bb. Also apropos of clarinet choice (but not at all relevant to the subject line), In the Tchaikovsky Italien there's a section in concert Bb that is written for the A clarinet, not in Db, but in C#. I'm wondering if Tchaikovsky, his copyist, or perhaps some later editor
>was writing out the clarinet parts, came to the section in Bb, said "Concert Bb, Duh (or the Russian equivalent of "Duh"), we write for Bb clarinet", came to the next section and saw an important clarinet solo in just 2 bars and hardly any rests to the end of the piece, was about to crumple up that piece of manuscript paper and rewrite in Db for the A clarinet, when he realized "Aha", he can make things right by just putting a whole bunch of sharps in the left margin. Does the fact that I wonder such things indicate that I have way too many rests in other
>parts of the piece?
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Either that, or you've taken WAY too many theory classes! *VBEG*

You know, this sort of thing isn't impossible. However, since we have
no way of knowing for sure, well... I suppose there is also a reason
that the key of C# was invented in the first place! *G* (I have a
theory about playing in these keys - basically the intersection of ear
training, sight reading and practicing scales, intervals and other stuff
we all think is boring - but I refuse to bore everyone else with it
right now.)

Concerning the rests - there are ALWAYS too many of them.

Patricia Smith

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