Klarinet Archive - Posting 000035.txt from 2009/08

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mendelssohn Overture in C for Winds
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:15:46 -0400

Unless it has been replaced, the modern band version was done by Richard
Franko Goldman. Either the work is a poor composition or else the Goldman
arrangement makes it sound like cold glue mixed with sludge.

Try Schirmer (or whoever inherited it). They used to carry a big
Mendelssohn section in their rental catalog.

Dan Leeson

---- Original Message -----
From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:12 AM
Subject: [kl] Mendelssohn Overture in C for Winds

> Hello all - sporry for the cross posting here and on the BBoards, but not
> everyone sees both.
>
> Has anyone here (Tony, Peter C, others) played the Mendelssohn Overture
> in its original version, which calls for 2 clarinets in F, 2 in C and 2
> basset horns in F?
>
> Does anyone know of a recording using the original forces? I can't find
> one in the usual obvious places (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.)
>
> I want my U of Richmond students to play this in the "modern" band
> version, but want to get a sense of the original scoring and sound to
> guide our rehearsals.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any help.
>
> David
>
> David B. Niethamer
> dnietham@-----.edu
>
>
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