Klarinet Archive - Posting 000110.txt from 2011/08

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Horns in G
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:43:16 -0400

According to the New Grove Dictionary article on clarinets, Stadler owned a
basset clarinet in C in addition to his other basset clarinets in A and
B-flat.

Basset horns in G were never classified as basset clarinets. When used
(which was very rare - as I remember, only twice in the Mozart repertoire,
but that is a guess on my part), the G basset horn played the bass role in a
trio of two clarinets and basset horn. Then again, the Mozart concerto was
originally written for a basset horn in G. So what we have is a case where
rational nomenclature was not used to interfere with instrument names and
pitch descriptors.

Also, let us not forget the clarinet in B-natural, not that it has much to
do with this discussion.

Dan Leeson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxter1@-----.com>
To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:25 AM
Subject: [kl] Basset Horns in G

>
>>>
>>> Basset clarinet is in A or Bb, basset horn is in F and has always had
>>> the 'extension' to low C.
>>>> Best, Keith
>
> A bit of "hair-splitting"!
> I understood that there were also basset-horns in G. As there were, and
> are, clarinets in this key, why aren't the G basset-horns classed as
> basset-clarinets?
> Martin
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