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Author: Todd
Date: 2002-01-26 23:30
Two questions--
I've been looking for a transcription of the Brahms violin concerto op. 100 for clarinet. Larry Combs recorded it. It was transcribed by Kent Kennan. I have searched several places online and can't find it. Anyone know where I might be able to get it?
My cat hates my clarinet playing. He hides in the deepest, darkest corner of my condo when I practice. Last week I found him buried under my pile of clothes in the closet. Is it the overtones that drive him nuts or is it me? I'm glad he's not an adjudicator. : )
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Author: Jim E.
Date: 2002-01-27 03:43
Dogs can hear frequencies well above our hearing, hence "silent" dog whistles. I'm not sure about cats. Perhaps he prefers brass!
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Author: Clairgirl
Date: 2002-01-27 03:46
I think it might be the overtones, from personal experience with my cat. My mom just started learning the clarinet and when she plays the cat just wakes up and yawns a little. When I start playing, she runs and hides as far as she can get! I wonder if my overtones are more prominent? She actually knows to hide as soon as I open the case. Pretty smart!!
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Author: Emms
Date: 2002-01-27 18:02
If I want my cat to move, or go out,I just pick up my clarinet. If I play piano, he jumps on my knee or the keys!
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Author: Kirk
Date: 2002-01-27 21:13
My cat used to run and hide also when I first started practicing but now he will lay next to me or close by and sleep now. Guess I take that as a sign that I am better. I am inclined to agree that the overtones must be the culprit.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-01-28 00:12
This CATegory is making me CATatonic already. Sorry if I don't read any more of them because my CATaract is acting up again. Hope I don't need a CAT scan.
Call me when this CATastrophy is done, I'll be out on my CATamaran all day.
CATch you later...GBK
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Author: Stephane
Date: 2002-01-28 14:24
That still doesn't answer the question where to find the op.100 transcription for clarinet does it?
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Author: mare
Date: 2002-01-28 14:41
re IHL :
therefore couldn't run away , could it?
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2002-01-28 17:41
The Brahms Violin Concerto is Op. 77. Larry Combs recorded a transcription of Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 100. The Kennan version is not in the Sneezy composition database and I can't find any other indication that it was ever published though many of Kennan's transcriptions have been. If this one was published, you might be able to find copyright information on the recording. (The sheet music may be out of print, though.) The ICA library does not appear to have a copy of the Kennan transcription. It's catalog does show a listing for Op. 100 with a clarinet part "in Levin W. Foster's" manuscript. If you want to do your own transcription, you can find the Sonata in its original form in a number of different editions at Sheetmusic Plus and probably at any number other sources.
Given that Brahms is in the public domain, if you have music scoring software that reads midi files (e.g., Encore, Finale, Sibelius, et. al.), you might check the classical midi sites for a midi version of the Brahms 2nd Violin Sonata. You could load that into the software, transpose the violin part for A or Bb clarinet and then edit for double-stops, notes outside your comfort zone, etc.
Our dog generally heads for a different floor when I start to practice. Sometimes, however, she chooses to sing along. She has a lovely alto voice with dead-on intonation.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: mare
Date: 2002-01-28 18:10
I don't know much about finding music but,
perhaps you could email the music dept at Austin where Kennan worked to ask if they have a transcript in their library; Kennan is still alive I think (there is only one Kent Kennan in Texas in the white pages; would it be OK to write and ask him for a copy personally? He was still active-revising a manuscript-in 1999 apparently) Just a thought..
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2002-01-28 18:35
My dog has recently gone deaf. I think it's because she stayed in the room while I practiced--or perhaps because she's 13.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-01-28 19:51
To "get back to our sheep" -- Brahms Op. 100 is the Violin Sonata # 2 in A, not the Violin Concerto. The transcription for clarinet and piano either has the clarinet part transposed up a step for Bb clarinet (playing in the unlikely key of B major) or up a minor third for A clarinet (playing in C). The other possibility is that the piano part is taken a step down, letting the solo part be played in the original key on the Bb clarinet.
I don't know which transposition Kennan did.
Any version is sufficient to send a cat behind the couch.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2002-01-28 21:58
So, a proper headline to this thread would be:
"Mystery of the CATaCombs"
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2002-01-28 22:47
Todd,
Now that I'm home and could check some sources that weren't available to me at work, I find that the Kennan transcription was published, though it may be out of print. I have located an apparent copy and will e-mail the contact information to you privately.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Eileen
Date: 2002-01-31 05:23
My cat wanders off to another room when I play clarinet but it's nothing compared to her hatred of my guitars. When I pick one up, she zooms. Not a music lover.
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Author: Betsy
Date: 2002-02-02 15:53
My two feline furballs, don't really get psychotic when I bring out my clarinet. I think it just bothers their much needed beauty sleep. NOW, when I bring out the big red devil (I.E. the Vaccuum) that really sends them running.
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