Klarinet Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 2009/11

From: Roger Hewitt <rogerclarinet@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Interesting C clarinet part
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:33:00 -0500

I see plenty of low Ds on Bass Clarinet parts (and occasionally Cs) and I j=
ust wish I could afford an instrument to go there. The "standard" is Eb, c=
ourse, but many composers would expect the low C extension to be available =
in professional bands and orchestras.=0A=0ARoger Hewitt=0A=0A--- On Sat, 7/=
11/09, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Dan Leeson <=
dnleeson@-----.net>=0A> Subject: Re: [kl] Interesting C clarinet part=
=0A> To: klarinet@-----.org=0A> Date: Saturday, 7 November, 2009, 19:46=
=0A> That is probably true.=A0 Even the=0A> best of us would find it diffic=
ult to create a usable harp=0A> part.=A0 And clarinets are particularly bum=
mered up=0A> because of the added complexity of being a transposing=0A> ins=
trument.=0A> =0A> I once played a Sousa piece (don't remember which one, bu=
t=0A> it was a suite of some sort) that called for a low D on the=0A> bass =
clarinet.=A0 It was a perfectly good note, but I=0A> think that Sousa may h=
ave been uncertain about the lower=0A> limits of a clarinet.=0A> =0A> Dan L=
eeson=0A> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Vaccaro" <mike@mikevacca=
ro.com>=0A> To: <Klarinet@-----.org>=0A> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 20=
09 11:12 AM=0A> Subject: Re: [kl] Interesting C clarinet part=0A> =0A> =0A>=
> I think that many times orchestrators and composers=0A> don't know what =
our instruments do or sometimes even the=0A> range. I run across this quite=
often even with fine=0A> composer/orchestrators.=0A> > Mike Vaccaro=0A> > =
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=0A> > --------------------------------------------------=0A> > From: "Clar=
k Fobes" <claroneman@-----.net>=0A> > Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 3:0=
9 PM=0A> > To: <Klarinet@-----.org>=0A> > Subject: [kl] Interesting C cl=
arinet part=0A> > =0A> >> =0A> >> =0A> >> I was subbing for a rehearsal of =
Othello with the=0A> SF Opera a few days ago=0A> >> and was very interested=
to see a written low D in=0A> the 2nd clarinet part=0A> >> which in that s=
ection was for C clarinet.=A0 I=0A> wonder if Verdi was writing for=0A> >> =
a specific instrument or if he just did not know=0A> that the soprano clari=
nets=0A> >> did not go that low? Verdi was such a wonderful=0A> orchestrato=
r by the time he=0A> >> got to his late Operas that you would think he=0A> =
would be aware of the range=0A> >> of all of the woodwinds.=0A> >> =0A> >> =
Clark W Fobes=0A> >> =0A> >> =0A> >>=0A> ----------------------------------=
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