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Re: Mozart Concerto transposing piano?

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-03-05 00:02

The first version I bought of the Mozart Concerto was for Bb clarinet with the piano part written 1/2 step higher. It was edited by Louis Cahuzac. Several other versions exist.

Back in the dear dead days of the LP, many turntables had a speed adjustment that let you raise or lower the pitch by 1/2 step. In fact, the Music Minus One version of the Brahms Quintet was speeded up for Bb clarinet.

It's an ear-opening exercise to play the Mozart Concerto or Quintet on the Bb, transposing down a half step. It's not as hard as you may think. In fact, the MMO LP of the Quintet included a transposed version of the clarinet part in the key of B.

Ken Shaw

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