Klarinet Archive - Posting 000110.txt from 2010/06

From: "Clinton F. Nieweg" <proofferr@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] FW: Bass Clarinets for Stravinsky
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:38:51 -0400

>>However, Stravinsky did call for the bass in A once, in the Rite of Spring
(1913), three years after Firebird, so he at least knew by then. =

Keith Bowen

>>However, did you use the printed score or did you investigate the original
manuscript in Stravinsky's hand?
Dan Leeson
>> I checked the original score of the first edition, in the Bodleian
Library. =

Keith Bowen
>>My Rite of Spring that we play in the orchestra is all in Bb. Was that
Bass clarinet in A in a ballet version? Otherwise, I too have seen no
Stravinsky works for bass clarinet in A.
Martin Arnold
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>From CFN-
This publication is cataloged in the Bodleian but it is not an "original
score."
London : Boosey and Hawkes, 1947, c1921. =

Description 1 score (153 p.) ; 27 cm. =

Notes Publisher's no. : Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS638 =

Manufacturer No. B. & H.19441; Boosey and Hawkes =

Music Faculty Library Main Libr (Full score)

In doing research for a corrected edition for use in the U.S., I have had
the manuscript consulted and seen 7 published scores of Rite of Spring, but
I did not find the use of A bass clarinet for either Bass Clarinet I or II.
Both parts are written in both treble and bass clef always with a Bb
transposition.
Would you let us know the rehearsal system where you saw this change to A
bass clarinet from Bb bass clarinet?

Rite of Spring Sources:
1913: first performance [material unpublished]
1921: first published edition (=C9d.Russe de Musique) with changes from 191=
3,
1929: corrected edition of 1921 (=C9d.Russe de Musique) =

1943: revision of the Sacrificial Dance (Boosey) (changes in meters)
1947: "revised version" (Boosey; actually just corrections)
1965: more corrections (Boosey)
1967: re-engraved (Boosey)
2000: Critical edition (Kalmus; ed. Clinton F. Nieweg)

Clinton F. Nieweg.
proofferr(at)comcast(dot)net
Supervising Editor: Nieweg Performing Editions
http://www.kalmus-music.com/poe.php

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