Klarinet Archive - Posting 000220.txt from 2010/05

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet in C
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 17:34:32 -0400

Does anyone still make a D? I think that Leblanc did at one time, and there was some talk about one being avaiiable from John Packer, but I am fairly sure nothing came of it. It might be worth asking.
Martin
On 22 May 2010, at 18:47, Dan Leeson wrote:

> I almost never played the piccolo clarinet parts. I did Til Eulenspiegel
> once on an E-flat, and one of the Mahler symphonies also on E-flat though
> the part called for a D. But if I were playing today, I would have a D made
> for me.
>
> I do not think that my conception of what instrument to play on is more
> finely attuned than the composer's perception. In effect, the use of a
> clarinet pitch not called for by the composer runs the risk of producing a
> sonic character that is not what the composer had in mind.
>
> Dan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxter1@-----.com>
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>
>> On this topic Dan how do you feel about D clarinet parts being played, as
>> they almost always are, on the Eflat clarinet.
>> Martin
>> On 21 May 2010, at 23:48, Dan Leeson wrote:
>>
>>> And some 15 years ago, when I first began banging on the C clarinet drum
>>> on
>>> this web site, suggesting that clarinetists had no business deciding
>>> which
>>> to use when playing but should respect the composer's request, there was
>>> a
>>> great deal of rejection of my philosophy. I may have been a prophet
>>> ahead
>>> of my time. Every symphonic clarinetist should have an A, B-flat, and C
>>> clarinet at all gigs. It should be a condition of employment.
>>>
>>> Dan Leeson
>>>
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