Klarinet Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2010/06

From: William Foss <billfoss47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] 20th century clarinet repertoire
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:53:58 -0400

Amen to that ! !

Bill Foss
U.S. Army Retired
USC Aiken, Retired Woodwind Professor
Director of Bands, Aiken Prep

On Jun 3, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Gary Van Cott wrote:

> I think whoever does the pricing for Boosey & Hawkes must be studying
> under Alphonse Leduc.
>
> Gary
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> Joseph Wakeling wrote:
>> On 06/03/2010 05:53 PM, Gary Van Cott wrote:
>>> We have most of these for sale. The Elliot Carter duet is Hiyoko. I
>>> have a copy in my damaged pile that was essentially (if =

>>> accidentally)
>>> used to line the bottom of a box.
>>
>> Yes, that's the one. There's a video of a student recital =

>> performance
>> of it on YouTube somewhere, I think.
>>
>> I'm still waiting for an affordable score of his wonderful Clarinet
>> Concerto, which is one of my favourite clarinet pieces, never mind
>> favourite Elliott Carter works. After years and years, Boosey have
>> finally made it available as 'print on demand' but their own demand =

>> is
>> staggering -- about =A3150(*). The mischievous part of me is =

>> inclined to
>> suggest to them that they send me a PDF, as I'm sure I can print it
>> myself for much less than that.
>>
>> (* Not unprecedented in contemporary scores. Boulez' 'Dialogue de
>> l'ombre double' costs about =A3125, which is why I don't own a copy of
>> that either.)
>>
>>> The Messiaen 'Ab=EEme des oiseaux' is only available as part of the
>>> complete Quartet (at the composer request I have been told).
>>
>> Quite right too. :-) Though there is a reasonably cheap study =

>> score of
>> it available now (I picked it up for about =8018 in a little shop in my
>> new home town of Trento), and I think that would be fine to play =

>> from,
>> if necessary.
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