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Author: diz
Date: 2006-06-23 21:30
Every once in a while you discover a website that gives FREE access to music in PDF. Rare indeed, but this one is most definitely worthy of investigation.
Courtesy of the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Denmark.
http://www.kb.dk/elib/noder/index-en.htm
In particular, the first work listed under chamber music published before 1900 is a piece for Clarinet, Viola and Piano and looks very, very nice.
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: diz
Date: 2006-06-24 07:36
Yes, I saw that puzzling work, Jack ... doesn't seem to take advantage of the Basset Hound's wonderful lowest register, though ... odd.
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Author: larryb
Date: 2006-06-24 13:23
diz - but it does take full advantage of the basset horn's wonderful middle and upper registers.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2006-06-24 13:32
TKS, Diz, I accessed it, had to improve my Acrobat reader, have retrieved [so far] only the "cover page", but will work at it , and put it into my Favorite Places. Would it be heresy for me [alone] to transpose it onto my Alto cl ? Again, thanx, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: larryb
Date: 2006-06-24 14:23
Don/Diz:
Here's what John Newhill ("The Basset Horn and It's Music") has to say about the Schneider concerto:
"Schneider's First Concerto goes a long way towards removing the impression that the basset-horn is a sombre, melancholy instrument. The second subject in the first movement is perky and jaunty, while in the last movement the basset-horn positively bubbles with gaiety and happiness. An interesting feature of the work is the fact that the 'basset' notes do not appear at all. The lowest note is e in the chalameau (and the highest note f'''). The absence of the most characteristic part of the range leages to the conclusion that Schneider wrote for Mueller's modified basset-horn."
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2006-06-24 17:46
What a fine comment/compliment. Really, without "due" consideration, I seem to have believed that the BH served a purpose similar to that of the Eng. Horn [cor angalais] in the dbl reed family. {Couldn't master it either !} Is the high note just the "top-of-staff" F, what many of us call F5, well within the "good sounds". Will investigate. TKS, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: diz
Date: 2006-06-24 23:01
I don't think playing it on an alto clarinet will do any harm at all, to be frank, just do it.
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