Klarinet Archive - Posting 000115.txt from 2005/02

From: "Keith" <100012.1302@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] RE: A bassethorn riddle
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 05:14:06 -0500

Tony,

At first I thought of the key or the register ... But you said it was
independent of awkwardness and you guys would just deal with that anyway.

If Mendelssohn conceived the sound for bassethorns and produced both
versions himself or through an authorised copyist (which is what I think you
imply, though it is not quite clear), I can't think of anything in the
actual notes/arrangements that would give you a clue. In that case, I'd
guess at some other feature of the performance manuscripts. Handwriting,
ink, watermarks, style of paper ... all consistent with other orchestral
parts?

When and where are you playing it?

Keith Bowen

> Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 02:45:30 GMT
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
> Subject: RE: [kl] A bassethorn riddle
> Message-ID: <1b733d384d.tony.p@-----.org>
>
> On 5 Feb, Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com> wrote:
>
<snip>
>
> Both clarinet and bassethorn parts are manuscripts of the
> period. Yet, a feature of those parts allowed me to deduce
> that the original performance of Mendelssohn's arrangement
> used clarinets rather than bassethorns -- even though
> Mendelssohn probably first thought in terms of bassethorns as
> substitutes for Bach's oboes da caccia (also in F).
>
> And that's quite independent of the fact that both I and Jane
> find it bloody awkward and unsatisfactory on period bassethorns:-(
>
> Can you guess what the feature was?
>
> Tony
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