Klarinet Archive - Posting 000217.txt from 2010/05

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinets for Stravinsky and DeFalla?
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 13:50:55 -0400

Yes. That is what happened with the Lou Harrison work. The printed part
called a bass clarinet in C in the bass clef. And Harrison was there at the
premiere, so I asked him why he requested such an unusually pitched clarinet
and he said, "What!!? The publisher didn't change all the parts for C
instruments into the generally available pitched instrument?"

That was a shocker for me.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinets for Stravinsky and DeFalla?

> On 05/22/2010 05:18 PM, Dan Leeson wrote:
>> It is not unheard of for the composer to write for a specific instrument
>> in
>> a specific key and then have the publisher change the key of the
>> instrument
>> under the assumption that they know better what is out there.
>
> Or the converse, I believe, as you experienced once with Lou Harrison
> ... ? :-)
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