Author: ClaV
Date: 2015-03-06 07:20
bmcgar wrote:
> The problem is not the instrument, it's composers, by and large,
> who insist upon writing mostly in the instrument's altissimo register.
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> Can it rise to become a "virtuoso solo instrument..."?
> Listen to some of the early compositions for the "high" clarinet
> such as Molter's, and you'll see that it already had.
> Can it become a virtuoso solo instrument as part of a large-ensemble
> works? Only if composers familiarize themselves with the instrument
> and what it has to offer, and only if directors stop thinking about the
> eefer as an unnecessary piece of junk with only negatives and no positives.
I will listen to Molter, thank you.
This thread was actually started out of the one discussing what clarinet choir can play music written for string quartets.
Given its potential for virtuosic playing, can E-flat be used for playing violin music. Can 2 E-flats and B-flat; or E-flat, C, and B-flat take on the parts of two violins in a string quarter?
Clarinet choirs can be absolutely beautiful. Morphed with virtuosity of E-flat, it can make a world of difference (or all the difference needed)!
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