Klarinet Archive - Posting 000425.txt from 2004/08

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bass Clarinet in A - historical evidence?
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 17:12:18 -0400

That makes sense. I think the A bass started in Germany and was
used more for bands than orchestras. At least I recollect
reading that once.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Wojtowicz [mailto:ewoj@-----.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 1:41 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Bass Clarinet in A - historical evidence?

Someone I know told me he once owned a set of Bb and A Albert
system
basses.

Ed

On Aug 14, 2004, at 3:23 PM, joseph.wakeling@-----.net wrote:

> what evidence is there for the
> existence of the A bass, historically, other than its presence
in the
> scores
> of a number of famous composers?

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