Klarinet Archive - Posting 000195.txt from 2010/05

From: "Steve Hartman" <sdh902@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Correction re. Stravinsky
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 11:52:19 -0400

I don't have the scores handy but I believe the original full ballet version
has 4 players and the 1911 Suite has two clarinets in A.

-Steve Hartman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:44 AM
Subject: [kl] Correction re. Stravinsky

>I sent the wrong version of the second paragraphy of my previous mail --
> I've seen conflicting information about Igor Stravinsky's 1910 ballet,
> "The
> Firebird," and the 1911 "Firebird Suite." Some sources say the score calls
> for three clarinet players, unspecified except that one of them doubles on
> E-flat clarinet. Other sources say the score calls for three clarinets,
> unspecified except that one of them doubles on clarinet in D, and also
> calls
> for a bass clarinet. Can anyone say for sure?
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Lelia Loban
> http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/Lelia_Loban
>
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