Klarinet Archive - Posting 000224.txt from 2010/05

From: josh stein <jstein53@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet in C
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 17:18:48 -0400

What was the point of transposing parts from D clarinet to Eb clarinet?

Josh

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From: "Simon Aldrich" <simonaldrich@-----.ca>
To: <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet in C

> >Does anyone still make a D?
>
> Absolutely. At one point I owned two Buffet D clarinets. I sold my
> older one when I got a more recent Buffet RC Prestige.
> I play the D quite often (imagine the opening of Daphnis in no sharps
> or flats, rather than 6 sharps, as it is for Eb clarinet).
> In Europe it seems more common for Eb players to own a D clarinet. One
> European orchestral Eb player told me, "Over here if you play Eb in an
> big orchestra, you will own a D clarinet as well, like soprano-players
> own a Bb and A clarinet".
> Till Eulenspiegel' "Eb" part is actually for D clarinet. Half of the
> Rite of Spring "Eb" part is on D. The Schoenberg Op.9 Chamber Symphony
> "Eb"part is actually a D part with a bit of Eb in the middle. Mahler
> parts contain a lot of D clarinet, etc.
> The sound of the D clarinet is a lot more mellow than that of the Eb;
> as different from the Eb clarinet sound as the Bb clarinet's sound
> from that of the the C clarinet.
> I hope this does not start a crusade against people who play D parts
> on Eb, like the occasional crusades against people who play C parts on
> Bb. :)
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Simon Aldrich
>
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> Principal Clarinet - Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
> Principal Clarinet - Orchestre de l'Opera de Montreal
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> Clarinet - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
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