Klarinet Archive - Posting 000308.txt from 2008/01

From: "Daniel Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mendelssohn and C clarinets
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:38:41 -0500

That depends on both the publisher and the date of the publication. C
clarinets were in common use all the way through the last half of the 19th
century and into the 20th. I don't know when publishers started transposing
clarinet parts for the convenience of those who could not transpose, but I
suspect it is a 20th century practice, say from the 1930's. But that is a
guess.

Dan Leeson
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph H. Fasel [mailto:jhf@-----.gov]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:30 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Mendelssohn and C clarinets

Hi Dan,

That occurred to me (that the printed parts don't necessarily reflect
the composer's intent), but I would say that the presence of any C-
clarinet movements at all argues against that.

Cheers,
--Joe

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