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Rachmaninoff Isle of the dead

Author: Erez Katz
Date: 2026-08-21 06:48

Hi.
Looks likes from Mark 18, the key signature is same across all woodwind (looking at the score).

Am I missing something?

Erez

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Re: Rachmaninoff Isle of the dead

Author: m1964
Date: 2026-08-21 23:34

Are you looking at the score?
IMSLP shows parts for Bb.

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Re: Rachmaninoff Isle of the dead

Author: kdk
Date: 2026-08-22 00:19

Yes, the parts in the score also look they're transposed for Bb clarinet. Rachmaninoff seems to have decided at that point (3rd of Reh #18) that the key signatures were not useful - I guess the tonality isn't stable enough to warrant declaring a key - so he eliminated the signatures (for all the instruments) and wrote accidentals for the chromatic notes. I don't know the piece at all and would have to sit down and analyze it when I have more time. Maybe someone who knows the piece better will be able to explain the reason.

Karl

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Re: Rachmaninoff Isle of the dead

Author: Erez Katz
Date: 2026-08-22 03:20

Thanks Karl.

I was looking at the scores on imslp.
I usually identify the clarinets because they have a different key signature, unless specifically C parts, but it is not the case so I was wondering if that was intentional or an editorial error
that never gets corrected until rehearsal time.

Post Edited (2026-08-22 03:22)

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