Klarinet Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 2011/01

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuba mirum - K.626 (off-topic)
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:40:47 -0500

Because of the difficulty of the trombone part, the line is often given to
other instruments. Sir Thomas Beecham always had a cello play the part.
And sometimes, if the bassoon was strong, the line was given to bassoon 1.
But those local idiosyncrasies were unrelated to what Mozart explicitly
called for. I'm surprised that no one has given the line to a tenor sax.

As for the number of times that I played the Requiem, I was in a
particularly advantageous position. I owned two excellent basset horns at
the time that most players did not own any. I stopped counting when I hit
about 200 performances, and that did not include rehearsals. All that began
after I moved back from France in 1962.

It was never boring or tiresome. I would do three Nutcrackers and never
want to hear it again. But not the Requiem. I could do 20 a day and still
want more.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Osborn" <feanor33@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Tuba mirum - K.626 (off-topic)

> Oh my dear, I did speak in error. Twice.
> First, sorry about my claim there were no Trumpets.
> Additionally, upon reviewing the score, I see that the Alto Trombone
> does indeed support the Altos, not the tenors.
>
> Interestingly, on the IMSLP database, there is an old score - no
> copyright that I can see, but it looks to be near 200 years old. It
> states that the trombone solo for Tuba Mirum is only the first call,
> and then has the words "Fagotto solo" in bar 5.
>
> Dan, do you know anything about this? I've performed the piece
> probably 35-40 times,and I've never known the bassoon to play this part.
>
> Sean
> www.osbornmusic.com
>
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