Klarinet Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 2011/08

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset clarinet extension
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:57:03 -0400

But Keith, there is the second clarinet quintet of Mozart and it is for
B-flat clarinet (or basset clarinet), though only one movement exists.
Robert Levin did a completion of that movement, and it has a modulation that
would melt sheet steel. I don't know if there are any basset notes in that
work, but I'd check the manuscript to confirm this.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Bowen" <keith.bowen@-----.com>
To: "'The Klarinet Mailing List'" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Basset clarinet extension

> From: Dan Leeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
> Sent: 14 August 2011 18:01
> To: Klarinet
> Subject: [kl] Basset clarinet extension
>
>>Can I presume that a Fox basset horn right-hand joint for an A clarinet,
> would not work successfully as a right hand joint for a B-flat clarinet?
>
> Correct. The hole spacings differ.
>
>>If my hypothesis is correct, one would need two such joints if one were
> serious about playing basset clarinet music on both a B-flat and an A
> instrument. I ask because there are a few very important parts for B-flat
> basset clarinet in the Mozart repertoire, one of which is the big solo in
> Titus, "Parto, parto," and the other, also in Titus, as part of the
> instrumental accompaniment but which and is not a solo.
>
> Also correct. I don't have a Bb basset joint, as for an amateur I decided
> it
> was not worth it for just one opera in which I am now unlikely to play,
> fine
> though it is. The quintet and concerto are different.
>
> Keith
>
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