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Re: Help! Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) - transpose?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2012-11-21 02:34

I assume you're playing the overture? Any other excerpts?

You might phone Lucks Music Co. and ask if the published parts they sell include a transposed part. The website lists a set of transposed parts for the overture (which can be bought separately for $3 each) - probably includes Bb clarinets, F French horns and Bb trumpets.They indicate Schott as the original source of their reprint, which is also the edition Kalmus used, so Kalmus may also have transposed parts available.

Yes, you'd lower each note in the A clarinet part by a half-step to play it on a Bb clarinet. Whether it's "OK" or not, if you don't have an A clarinet available, you need to play on what you have. If you're going to play a lot of orchestral music, though, you should consider trying to buy an A clarinet. There's a lot of literature that uses it. Or get good at transposing.

Karl

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