Klarinet Archive - Posting 000106.txt from 2008/01

From: X-CTN-5-MailScanner-jhf@-----.gov
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Bartok Contrasts' B-flat clarinet part
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:05:44 -0500

Dan's point is not about what is easier to play. If the composer
specified a particular clarinet, we must presume he meant what he said.
Thus, there is a certain degree of arrogance on the part of the
publisher and/or the performer in contravening that specification.

I've noticed that R. Strauss sometimes calls for a particular clarinet
even though another choice would be a much friendlier key, clearly
because he wanted that clarinet's character. Bartok might be a
different kettle of fish, but Dan's point is that the presumption must
be that he meant what he said.

Cheers,
--Joe

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 09:34 -0800, Margaret Thornhill wrote:
> Both of my copies of the Bartok Contrasts (Boosey and Hawkes) were
> printed with two clarinet parts. One of them is entirely for clarinet in
> B-flat
>
> There is nothing arrogant about a clarinetist playing the piece on one
> clarinet. Some people actually consider the first movement easier in
> B-flat.

--
Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D.
Process Modeling and Analysis
AET-2, MS F609
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545

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