Klarinet Archive - Posting 000290.txt from 2004/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinets
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 10:07:34 -0500

At 11:43 PM 11/6/2004 -0800, kurtheisig wrote:
>Actually----there was a time when a HUGE pecentage of arrangements of band
>music called for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone sax. The Hastings Band
>Library (Now Heisig-Hastings Band) from the Santa Cruz Boardwalk has
>hundreds of arrangements that call for SATB saxes.

Maybe so, back in the day. But soprano parts are rare to non-existent in
current literature. Whether that is because school bands seldom have
sopranos, or specifically in order to DISCOURAGE school soprano players I
do not know. You'd have to ask the arrangers and publishers about that.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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