Klarinet Archive - Posting 000156.txt from 2005/09

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Flight of the Bumblebee
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:26:00 -0400

I'm pretty sure it is in concert A minor in the opera. I once did the
requisite research when I was a Juilliard inmate because they actually
had a score. Since I still play it in that key, I think that's right.

Fred Jacobowitz

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo
On Sep 14, 2005, at 10:44 PM, Ed Lowry wrote:

> I have two editions of clarinet arrangements for
> Flight of the Bumblebee. One is transcribed and
> edited by Jerry Kirkbride and published by
> International Music with a 1983 copyright. The other
> is a Rubank edition, transcribed by H.W. Davis and
> edited by H. Voxman, with a 1935 copyright. The
> Kirkbride edition is written so that the clarinet
> plays in B-flat (that is, the clarinet part has two
> flats), whereas the Davis/Voxman edition has the
> clarinet part in C.
>
> Recognizing that both are transcriptions, is there
> nevertheless an edition which is "preferred" by
> educators and clarinetists? Does anyone happen to
> know what the key is for the scherzo in the Opera?
> Thanks for whatever thoughts you'd like to share.
>
> Ed Lowry
> Sacramento
>
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