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Re: 2 bass clarinets - the sacre

Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2006-03-07 17:46

There are quite a few shows that have bass clarinet doubles - another one that comes immediately to mind is Mame, where a critical bass clarinet part occurs in one of the books during the opening scene. (That part only uses the bass for that one thirty two bar segment, and never calls for it again.)

I usually find out about these stealth parts during the last dress rehearsal, when the conductor wants to make sure that I (the only one in the pit seen with a bass clarinet) has them covered. At that point, we all find out that some other "bass clarinet challenged" Reed player has just been playing them on the soprano all along...Philistines!

Just now I'm doing the work up for a production of Wonderful Town, and badly missing the bass saxophone part, which I believe is in the bassoon player's book. I offered to get her a bass sax on loan, but she's not the saxophone type.

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