Klarinet Archive - Posting 000167.txt from 2009/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Brahms quintet
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:08:08 -0500

At 06:00 PM 2/7/2009, Tony Pay wrote:
>...But, what to do about the Bb bit? I knew from the Simrock edition --
>actually, I spent quite a lot of money having the publishers (or their
>representatives) photocopy the original publication for me -- that
>there was an ossia part for Bb in the slow movement, and that M=FChlfeld
>had reportedly played it that way on at least one occasion; but
>unfortunately I didn't have access to an Ottensteiner Bb.
>......
>
>...But, the really significant point is that I COULDN'T SEE THE ADVANTAGE
>OF PLAYING IT ON THE Bb OTTENSTEINER ANYWAY. What had M=FChlfeld
>noticed that I hadn't?
>
>So finally, it occurred to me that the switch would be trivial to
>perform if he'd had an instrument complete with mouthpiece and reed
>waiting for him.

Perhaps he switched to the Bb at this point to=20
take advantage of the different mouthpiece setup,=20
but simply did not posses another Ottensteiner A=20
clarinet (or have it available at the time) and=20
used the Bb not so much out of choice as necessity?

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!=20

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