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Author: Jean
Date: 2002-08-10 23:08
My best pal is a bassoonist and I was wondering if anyone could recommend some duets. I noticed on the luyben site there is an extensive list of duets, however I am not familiar with many of them. I would categorize us as upper intermediate to advanced players, he being more proficient than I on our respective instruments.
Thanks,
Jean
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Author: David Dow
Date: 2002-08-11 02:03
Beethoven Duos are excellent as well !!
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2002-08-11 17:29
See this other thread:
http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=86179&t=86179
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-08-12 00:12
Richard Strauss composed a fabulous (concerto) for bassoon and clarinet - at least I think it's a concerto, perhaps concertante. I love it.
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Author: Patrick
Date: 2002-08-12 05:28
As a contrabass clarinet player, I've spent alot of time telling people how the contra alto clarinet is a perfect subsitute for the bassoon, and when substituted for one in a woodwind quintet, makes the ensemble a smooth and sonorous group - one that should be scored for expressely.
Now, I will switch sides, and suggest that you try duets for clarinet and bass clarinet, substituting a bassoon for the bass clarinet. (This does not feel like hypocrisy or treachery to me at all, as I consider the bassoon a sister instrument and, like the contra clarinets, underused and underrepresented in wind ensembles.) Most bass clarinet parts should be quite playable on the bassoon.
Note, though, that parts "optimized" to the bass clarinet according to widely held (mis)conceptions of the "best" register of the bass clarinet (the chalumeau) will not be played in the "best" register of the bassoon. Likewise, there will be a tendency on the part of arrangers to avoid the bass clarinet altissimo -- which happens to correspond a beautifully expressive "song" register on the bassoon. (Why the altissimo is not considered a great register on the bass clarinet, and what to do about this miscarriage of justice, is for another night).
In any event, the substitution of the bassoon for a bass clarinet should reveal new textures and possiblilities in any clarinet/bass clarinet duet. A bassoon player especially proficient in the altissimo might even be able to tackle the second clarinet part of a duet for Bb clarinets!
Before I turn in for the night, let me switch sides one more time and suggest that, if you find good clarinet/bassoon duet music, you have somebody proficient on the contra alto clarinet (or possibly a low C bass clarinet) play the bassoon parts. Everything I said about the substitution of the bassoon for the bass clarinet can be reversed...which is, in fact, where nearly all of the non-jazz/non-pop/non clarinet choir literature for the contra alto clarinet comes from.
Patrick
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Author: David Dow
Date: 2002-08-13 13:17
Unless you are expert players--- the Duet Concertino is really quite demanding. It is very tricky in spots and the tuning required of it is beyond most intermediate and early advanced players. the Beethoven however may be more instructive and is good for working within a harmonic context more appropiate for intermediate to advanced levels.
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