Klarinet Archive - Posting 000098.txt from 2008/03

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Key signatures for clarinets
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:23:17 -0400

Daniel Leeson wrote:
> I can't tell you what went through Mozart's head when he was writing these parts

What, not even you? :-)

I was more wondering whether there was any textual evidence for the
reasons behind the practice, beyond the already-cited material that it
was the 'rule' only to write in certain key signatures. Is this
discrepancy between written and actual key found in the work of many
composers _apart_ from Mozart? And to what extent are there
contemporary works which _break_ the rule and have music written in a
'disallowed' key?

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