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 Re: Strauss Alpine Symphony
Author: Alphie 
Date:   2005-01-17 17:57

On the link that David P referred to it's obvious that the LA Phil uses a contra in their performance as long as it's not just a misprint. It would be interesting to know the source of this information.

Transposing c-clarinet parts or not is always a matter of practicality and also a matter of taste or lack of it. Personally I think it’s preferable to use a c-clarinet when the music asks for it. In older music it was an absolute necessity to use c-clarinets since it was nearly impossible to play in keys with more than one #/b. The choice of key signature was also more important than today because each key represented a different character much more than today. For later music when the instrument had been developed so much that it was possible to play fluidly in any key it’s more obvious that Strauss asked for a c-clarinet for a special purpose. If my memory is correct the c-clarinet part in the Alpine Symphony lies much better for b-flat so why didn’t use that instead?

Alphie
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