Klarinet Archive - Posting 000481.txt from 2006/03

From: "Keith" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Transposed Parts
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:29:38 -0500

Dan

I recall that your words when you told me that story were "Ma'am, I can
transpose faster than you can spit", which is much more colourful!

Keith Bowen

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From: klarinet-return-86926-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org
[mailto:klarinet-return-86926-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org] On Behalf
Of dnleeson
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 10:20 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Transposed Parts

Indeed. But the circumstances were more complicated. I played a C on the
Beethoven Missa Solemnis, and the conductor (a woman well in her late 70s if
not her 80s) asked me why I had three clarinets when the other player had
two. When I told her I was playing on a C she later asked Stanley Drucker
about it and he told her to fire me. When she said she was going to, I told
her that I'd play the part on any instrument she wished, and that seemed to
mollify her. Strange woman.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakeling@-----.net]
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 1:20 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Transposed Parts

dnleeson wrote:
> And let me add to Doug Potter's comments that it is a weird state of
> affairs when the clarinet players don't know that a C clarinet exists.
> Gary's comment about conductor's and their attitude is
> quite true, but I have also played with conductors who had no idea
> that there was a C instrument in the clarinet family.

I believe you almost got sacked once *for* using a C clarinet, no, Dan? :-)

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