Klarinet Archive - Posting 000286.txt from 2006/04

From: Laurence Beckhardt <lbeckhardt@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] New pieces for basset-horn
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 07:53:11 -0400

That's great about the Brahms.

Other sources of basset horn music (transcribed or
original) that might be of interest:

http://www.schottstaedt-music.de/ - Rainer
Schottstaedt (a bassoonist, I think) may be familiar
as editor of the Mozart Divertimenti (K229 by
Breitkopf) and the Peters Edition of the Mendelssohn
Konzertstuecke. His publishing house has carries a
few works with Basset Horn.

http://www.tarkmann.de - Andreas Tarkmann is the
modern Wendt/Triebensee, only better. He's also an
oboist. His catalogue includes: the Mendelssohnn with
Harmonie accompanyment, La Clemenza di Tito w/ basset
horn, and best of all an arrangement of Marriage of
Figaro for the same orchestration as the Gran Partita!
Only problem, they're not easy to find. I've been in
contact with him, and there's a music store in
Frankfurt that prints/sells most of his arrangements,
but I haven't succeeded yet in making connection with
it (Josef Weinberger).

The thing I love about Tarkmann is that his
arrangements are better balanced than Wendt or
Triebensee, who tended to over emphasize the oboe
(they were oboists, no?). A great example is Wendt's
arrangement of "Secondate, aurette amiche" from Cosi,
which Mozart composed as harmoniemusik. Wendt changes
the key and gives the lead to the oboes, although the
clarinet had the lead in Mozart's original. It would
be easy to recreate this from the score - just give
the flute part to the oboe. Worst of all, Triebensee
(?) gives the basset clarinet obligato from "Parto" to
the oboe! Tarkmann, benefiting form hindsight and
good taste, corrects these problems in his
arrangements.

The more we buy music from these guys (including
Rosewood), the more likely they'll be to bring out new
works with basset horn.

--- Keith <bowenk@-----.com> wrote:

> "I know I am not a first-rate composer. But at least
> I am a first-rate
> second-rate composer" - Richard Strauss. This was
> the sense in which I used
> the term. I didn't and wouldn't call them mediocre.
> We don't put the effort
> into editing/arranging works that we don't enjoy
> playing and hearing. But I
> agree, not Great.
>
> Actually we do have a transcription of the cello
> part from the Brahms just
> completed, though not yet test-played. It looks as
> if it will sound very
> good. I think we are hesitant about publishing such
> as these, since they are
> so well known in their original instrumentation.
> What do people think?
>
> The other reason is essentially that little-known
> works is Rosewood's market
> niche. For the works above, one would only sensibly
> be able to publish the
> basset horn part without reinventing the wheel.
> There are perfectly good
> Urtext editions of the Great Works. But maybe a
> basset-horn compendium of
> parts for these would be worth while.
>
> Keith Bowen
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
>
klarinet-return-87383-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org
> >
>
[mailto:klarinet-return-87383-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org]
> On
> > Behalf Of Laurence Beckhardt
> > Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:04 PM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: Re: [kl] New pieces for basset-horn
> >
> >
> > That's very interesting and worth possibly
> investing
> > in.
> >
> > But I wonder: why go through the trouble of
> > transcribing mediocre ("second rank") works first?
> > Why not transcribe the cello or viola parts from
> some
> > of the great trios with clarinet and piano, such
> as
> > Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, even Bruch?
> >
> > thanks for the info.
> >
> > --- Keith <bowenk@-----.com> wrote:
> >
> > > One of the problems of basset horn devotees is
> the
> > > lack of post-Mozart
> > > literature. The Mendelssohn pieces are great
> fun,
> > > but how do you fill a
> > > concert? Thanks to Gary van Cott who introduced
> me
> > > to John Wilcox and
> > > consequently Susanna Westmead of Rosewood
> > > Publications
> > > (www.rosewoodpublications.co.uk). Rosewood
> publish a
> > > very interesting list
> > > of chamber music editions, mostly involving
> > > clarinet, from second-rank but
> > > worthwhile and little known composers. John has
> > > edited four 19th and 20th
> > > century trios with bassoon or cello parts to
> > > substitute basset-horn and make
> > > companion pieces to the Mendelssohn.
> > >
> > > John came over to the UK recently and with Colin
> > > Touchin (of this list but
> > > also a great pianist!) we test-drove and did
> final
> > > editing of them all. They
> > > are delightful pieces, well worth playing, and
> work
> > > well on the basset horn.
> > >
> > > RP21 Trio for cl., (vl.), vc. (vla/b-cl/.b-hn.)
> &
> > > pno.
> > > Opus 23 Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885)
> > >
> > > RP64 Trio in D minor for ob.(cl.,),
> > > bn.(vla./b.cl./b-hn.) & pno
> > > Alexander Brent Smith (1888 1959)
> > >
> > > RP74 Trio in D for cl. (vl.), hn.
> > > (bn./vla./vc./b.cl.) & pno.
> > > Richard Walthew (1872-1951)
> > >
> > > RP13 Serenade for cl.(vl.), vc.
> (vla./b.cl/b-hn.)
> > > Opus 24 Emil Hartmann (1836 1898)
> > >
> > > OK the basset horn is not in the original
> > > instrumentation, but they are
> > > still the same works, which can make a very good
> > > concert on their own. The
> > > clarinet parts are also very good. The standard
> of
> > > all of them is what I'd
> > > call "advanced amateur". And we have just
> trebled
> > > the amount of music in the
> > > world for basset horn/clarinet/piano trio!
> > >
> > > Gary, do you handle Rosewood in the USA? I am
> > > enjoying my association with
> > > them and will be doing some editing for them in
> the
> > > future, hopefully
> > > helping to bring more obscure but worthwhile
> works
> > > into the light of day!
> > >
> > > Keith Bowen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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