Klarinet Archive - Posting 000269.txt from 2010/10

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sopranino in Ab
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:13:43 -0400


On 27 Oct 2010, at 19:22, Simon Aldrich wrote:

> In the recent Montreal Opera production of Verdi's Rigoletto, there
> was an offstage banda part for high clarinet in Ab. Luckily it came
> with the Ab clarinet part tranposed for Eb clarinet (written a forth
> higher than the written Ab part).

But listen, Simon; that transposed part might have stopped him trying to get the right instrument
for the job.

When I had to play one, I found one.

(I didn't notice your player asking here, for example.)

Now, I know you have a theory that composers don't care much what instrument is used.

But perhaps Verdi did.

Tony
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