Klarinet Archive - Posting 000056.txt from 2009/11

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Orchestral parts for Otello
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:34:12 -0500

Where is the $74,829.16 you owe me?

And you are right. It is a very difficult score, but I think that Falstaff,
which is Verdi's last work, is even more difficult (and remarkable!!).

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 3:30 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Orchestral parts for Otello

> Dan....Kalmus parts in Dallas. I'm not sure about the year/version....
>
> I did look over the part at the show yesterday....and could find no notes
> in our version outside of the normal clarinet
> range.
> This score....is very difficult.
>
> Forest
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Leeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 5:20 PM
> To: Klarinet
> Subject: [kl] Orchestral parts for Otello
>
> I contacted the party who is responsible for the critical edition of
> Verdi's
> music and which is not yet available. This means that Clarke and Forest
> are
> playing from one or two different earlier editions.
>
> According to the best information available to me, the orchestral parts
> for
> Otello were first prepared by and rented from Ricordi. Somewhere in the
> 1980s, Ricordi sued Kalmus for reproducing their rental parts.
>
> The judge threw out the case against Kalmus.
>
> The Kalmus parts differ to an unknown degree from the Ricordi parts.
> Kalmus
> made changes and corrections, though no one really knows how this was
> accomplished and who did it, nor is there a list of the precise
> differences
> between the editions. Certainly, one could undertake and effort to come
> up
> with a list of differences, but that would cost a fortune and it is
> unlikely
> that we'll never know the answer to that one.
>
> The Kalmus edition runs over $1300 for a conductor's score and a full
> complement of orchestral parts. You can read about it on:
>
> http://www.kalmus.com/product_detail.php?id=39810
>
> So getting back to what started this thread, Clarke Fobes commented on a
> peculiar difference in a C clarinet part, the note being too low. The fact
> that there are two sets of orchestral parts one of which can be rented
> while
> the other is only sold clouds the picture to the point where it is very
> difficult to conclude on this matter. Forest, who happens to be playing
> the
> work right now in Dallas, was unable to find that same peculiarity in his
> set of performance parts.
>
> Both Clarke and Forest owe me $74,583.29 EACH for doing research and from
> which one can conclude on nothing!! If I gave a really correct answer, the
> price would be higher.
>
> If there is anything else I can do for you, please hesitate to contact me.
>
> Dan Leeson
> dnleeson@-----.net
>
>
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