Klarinet Archive - Posting 000114.txt from 2008/12

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Should have been Rossini Andante, e Tema con Variazioni (not Schubert Octet)
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:54:47 -0500

Several such case appear in the literature of the time. But I don't think
that a low E-flat was to be accepted. Instead, I think that some composers
just did not know the lowest note on a clarinet.

Dan Leeson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 8:20 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Should have been Rossini Andante, e Tema con Variazioni
(not Schubert Octet)

> I've always wondered, too, about the low E-flats in the third movement of
> Brahms 4th (also written for clarinet in C). It was never a problem when I
> used to play it on a B-flat clarinet, but once I bought a C clarinet it
> turned into a problem. Did mid-19th century clarinets have an E-flat key
> on
> them?
>
> Karl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Van Cott [mailto:gary@-----.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:03 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Should have been Rossini Andante, e Tema con Variazioni (not
> Schubert Octet)
>
> Must have been too much turkey.
>
> What I meant to say was that in the new edition of the Rossini Andante,
> e Tema con Variazioni for flute, clarinet,
> bassoon and horn from Baerenreiter the clarinet part is for a C
> clarinet. The problem with this is that there is a low E-flat. I wonder
> if this is a mistake by the editor. The piece is in F major. Thoughts?
>
> Gary
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