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Author: jparrette
Date: 2010-09-21 00:24
Hi All -
Does anybody have a transposed bass clarinet part to Chadwick Symphonic Sketches? (The original is in bass clef in A)
Thanks in advance!
John Parrette
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john@clarionmusical.com
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2010-09-21 10:31
John, this doesn't address your request, but having played the piece in question a couple of years ago I recall the bass clarinet part being partly in bass clef, but written for a Bb instrument, not A, in whatever edition it was we used. Had it needed transposing I'm sure I would have remembered that!
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2010-09-21 16:20
In the original, only the first movement is for bass clarinet in A. The other movements are all for bass clarinet in Bb. The first movement is bass clef except for a few bars. The second is all bass clef and the fourth movement is almost all bass clef, except for the cadenzas and a few bars. The third movement is in treble clef.
If you have notation software that accepts scanned input, you can get a clean copy of the part from <www.imslp.org> . Might be able to do the transposition that way.
Best regards,
jnk
Post Edited (2010-09-21 16:51)
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2010-09-21 16:57
What you wrote sounds right, Jack, except for one minor detail, as I recall (and per my Drapkin excerpt book) one of the cadenzas in the final movement is in treble clef, and the other is in bass clef.
Is this work an absurd mishmash of clefs and keys, or what? In the finest European tradition of Ravel, Mahler, etc.
That said, it's a nice piece, with tasty bass clarinet parts that are not at all difficult to play, clefs and transposition notwithstanding.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2010-09-21 19:26
You're right, David. The cadenza at the beginning of the movement is treble clef. The one at the end is bass clef.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-09-21 21:44
Never played it but come on John, you should be able to transpose from both
clefs, I do it all the time, but it could be a pain in the bass if it has a lot of flats in the key signature. : ) ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com .
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