Klarinet Archive - Posting 000009.txt from 2010/04

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet Quartet - Pleyel Rondo
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:37:41 -0400

Anything is possible, but considering he wrote 70 string quartets and
some pieces for flute and three strings, I think it is more like to have
been one of those.

Gary
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Fred Jacobowitz wrote:
> Have you explored the possibility that it is a piano work that was re-
> orchestrated? He was mainly a pianist, and wrote many showoff pieces.
>
> Fred Jacobowitz
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> On Apr 3, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Gary Van Cott wrote:
>
> I have been trying to figure out what the source is for a Pleyel Rondo
> that was arranged for Clarinet Quartet by Harry C. Geiger and published
> by Remick Music Corporation in 1938. It is out of print. I presume it is
> from a string quartet (he wrote 70 of them) although there are other
> possibilities.
>
> We have most of the original parts but no cover (which may or may not
> have given the source). There are quite a few Pleyel string quartets
> online but I have not been able to find this Rondo in any that I have
> looked at or listened to. It is in the key of C (may be transposed) 2/4
> time, Allegro and begins with an eighth note pick up followed by a
> measure of eighth 2 sixteenths eighth 2 sixteenths all on the G just
> above the staff.
>
> Any information is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary
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