Klarinet Archive - Posting 000522.txt from 2006/03

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Transposed Parts
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:14:40 -0500

In a message dated 3/25/2006 10:08:31 PM Central Standard Time,
lbeckhardt@-----.net writes:
Can anyone explain the Italian tradition, until well
into the 20th Century I'm told, of playing all
orchestral and opera clarinet parts on the Bb
clarinet?>>

I have heard the same story, but heard it as everything was played on the A
clarinet.......

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
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