Klarinet Archive - Posting 000089.txt from 2008/12

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gran Partitta, again, Part 3
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:25:32 -0500

Bear, I admire the way you have suggested that the work might be played. But
have you considered the effect on the work's timbre by some of the drastic
solutions you proposed. I once played a performance with two Euponia
playing the horn in B-flat part. The notes were all there, but it certainly
had a very different and unpleasant timbre.

Besides, I have played 361 in Tucson so there must be some basset horns.
Have you spoken to Jerry Kirbride who is the instructor on clarinet at the
UofA??

Dan Leeson

Dan Leeson

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From: "Bear Woodson" <bearwoodson@-----.net>
To: "Klarinet List" <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:16 AM
Subject: [kl] Gran Partitta, again, Part 3

> These many comments are very helpful, but I am still left
> with some thoughts.
>
> 1) The Gran Partitta is a gorgeous work, worthy of many
> performances all over the world, but Basset Horns are still
> Rare and Expensive. If many Editions have Ossia Versions
> of the Basset Horn Parts transcribed to 2 Bb Soprano
> Clarinets, what do they do about those Lowest Basset Horn
> Notes? Play them up an octave?
>
> 2) It just seems to me that Bb Bass Clarinet Players get
> too little Good Literature, but to have both Basset Horn
> Parts transcribed to Bb Bass Clarinets would be practical
> these days. Is that done? (Perhaps they merely use Bb
> Soprano Clarinet transcriptions, with the lowest notes given
> as Ossia Notes?)
>
> 3) If, as Mr. Van Cott suggests, that the First Basset
> Horn Part doesn't sound below Concert G at the bottom of
> the Bass Clef, then it would work well on an Alto E-Flat
> Clarinet. They get far less Good Literature than the Bb Bass
> Clarinet Players. Are there Editions that let E-Flat Alto
> Clarinetists play this gem?
>
> 4) So what do I do about the Wookie Mirror? (The eyes on
> it keep following me around the room, even through the coke-
> bottle-thick glasses.)
>
>
> Bear Woodson
> Composer in Tucson, Arizona, USA
>
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>
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>
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