Klarinet Archive - Posting 000544.txt from 2006/03

From: Reedsoaker@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Transposed Parts
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:58:17 -0500


I recall reading in Rosario Mazzeo's book, that he played everything on
B-flat because he didn't like the scale of his A clarinet. Amato must have had a
particularly good A. I'm sure that lack of financial ability was the reason
for many people. All these answers are likely to be correct.

Phil Feather

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? Was this
done out of sheer arrogance?
Poverty? Machismo (who's the best transposer)?

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