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Re: Contest Album From Alea Publishing (bassclarinet.org)

Author: DNBoone
Date: 2011-05-15 01:04

The Contest Album is moderately easy. I never played the Ostransky but a friend of mine has. I would say the are pretty similar with a few pieces in the Contest album being harder, mostly because of range leaps. I have never seen Deepwood in bass clef. I have the Carl Fischer edition and it is entirely in treble clef.

Some pieces that are more similar to the Ostransky are
Desportes - Andante and Allegro
Eccles/Goldberg - Sonata in g minor
Galliardhkriman - Adagio and Allegro

They are frequently played at the Solo and Ensemble contests around here. Personally, I try to avoid them as they are transcriptions, as is the Alea Contest Album. It seems the easier stuff out there is transcriptions and the harder stuff is the original pieces.

I have always found the Van Cott website useful too as he gives a brief description and usually gives a grade level. He is also a helpful person and you might ask him what you are looking for and see what he has that is close to it.
http://www.vcisinc.com/clarinetbassmusic.htm#Music

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