Klarinet Archive - Posting 000019.txt from 2010/01

From: Joseph Fasel <jhfasel@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart and Hindemith Quintets for Clarinet and Strings--In
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:36:01 -0500

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:
> And Hindemith was not alone in doing so. =A0Mozart did it for two violins
> looking at the same piece of music paper on opposite sides of a table. =
=A0Each
> one begins in the upper left hand corner as you might expect, except that
> being on opposite sides of the table, the upper left hand corner of the
> music is either the first or last measure of the piece depending on where
> you are standing.
>
> Dan

How cool! So I guess in this case each part is the inverted
retrograde of the other? And I suppose that if it uses treble clef,
the key is probably Bb major or B minor, so that the tonic is on the
middle line of the staff?

--Joe

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