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Author: Linus Travelli
Date: 2002-04-24 01:38
i want to play a concerto w/ my community orchestra
how much do u think it would cost to buy all the parts for something like Weber's 1st concerto or the mozart?
is transcribing from a miniscore plausible?
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-04-24 01:51
Have you thought about joining the International Clarinet Association? They have a huge library, including scores and parts for a lot of clarinet works.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-04-24 03:16
In addition to the excellent advice by diz, you'll find that many scores are only available for rental.
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Author: er
Date: 2002-04-24 03:36
Well, you can certainly buy the Webers and the Mozart Concerto if you'd like. I would try a Kalmus catalog. If you're aiming to do something within the last 70 years, you'll need to worrry about renting, more than likely. Then you'll need to try EMS (Educational Music Services). Your orchestra's librarian certainly knows how to get ahold of any of this. That's what they do.
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-04-24 03:43
In my experience, I wouldn't touch Kalmus edition, I've found them very full of errors. I remember many mis-spent orchestral rehearsals "fixing up parts" due to erroneous mistakes, et cetera. You guys might have had a totally different experience, mind, maybe they send their dodgy sets to Australia?
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Author: rmk
Date: 2002-04-24 14:23
Actually, Kalmus is starting to get its act together. One of the editors is Clinton Niewig, librarian of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Some of the new editions of Strauss and Ravel are excellent. Recently, they published a new edition of Rite of Spring which has over 20,000 corrections.
Also, for many pieces in the standard repertoire, Kalmus really is the only choice.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2002-04-24 19:59
Sheet Music Plus appears to have the Weber for $242.10, perhaps on a CD from which one prints the score and parts. They may have the Mozart for $40. I say "appears" and "may" because, with their descriptions, I'm usually not sure what they have.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: charles
Date: 2002-04-25 19:19
I bought Mozart from JW Pepper for my church youth orchestra.
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2002-04-26 02:35
Try http://www.lucksmusic.com/ .
Renting is cheaper than buying (if you can find a free photocopier). Kalmus does have A LOT of errors but they're the cheapest by far. I recently got a Kalmus part which was not only handwritten (almost illegibly) but also had sections crossed out and rewritten and didn't say anywhere what key clarinet it was for (it didn't take me very long to figure out that I was playing the wrong one).
Call the colleges and orchestras in your area. One of them may be willing to loan your orchestra the parts.
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Author: rmk
Date: 2002-04-27 21:05
>Renting is cheaper than buying (if you can find a free photocopier).
I have a better idea. Why don't you rob a bank. That way you could afford a good edition and you wouldn't have to photocopy anything.
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