Klarinet Archive - Posting 000193.txt from 2009/03

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Strauss Oboe Concerto - transposed clarinet part
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:55:17 -0400

The clarinet part is for Bb. There are a number of fast runs and
passages, often in the key of B. If you were to play it on A, you
would be playing them in the key of C.

Ed

On Mar 29, 2009, at 7:55 PM, Martin Brown wrote:

> Our orchestra is performing the Strauss Oboe Concerto soon and I've
> heard that the clarinet part(s?) are quite fiendish as written, but
> quite a lot simpler transposed to the other clarinet. (I'm not sure
> yet
> whether it's written for A or Bflat.)
>
> Are there any transposed clarinet parts available anywhere? I dread
> the
> task of either sight-transposing it or laboriously re-writing it.
>
> Thanks,
> Martin Brown
>
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