Clarinet condensing standard
Posted: 29 Aug 2024, 09:15
I have browsed enough scores from the XIX century symphonic repertoire to see that, while Flute, Oboe, and Bassoon (and all brasses) were more often than not condensed, the Clarinets were not.
Can anyone explain why this happened and when this habit got abandoned?
For example: both Clara and Robert Schumann piano concerto's first editions have uncondensed clarinets; Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony has them condensed. Sometime in between things must have changed, and I wonder what lead to the change.
Thank you!
Can anyone explain why this happened and when this habit got abandoned?
For example: both Clara and Robert Schumann piano concerto's first editions have uncondensed clarinets; Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony has them condensed. Sometime in between things must have changed, and I wonder what lead to the change.
Thank you!