At 7:30 PM -0700 6/7/07, Harold Owen wrote:
Zelenka certainly wrote wonderful parts for bassoon in his trio sonatas.
Bach wrote a very active bassoon part for Cantata 150 (if my memory
serves) that goes down to low A.
If that's one of the Weimar catatas (like 106), the transposition
decided on by the BG editors might be wrong. Or at least a poor
choice. In fact one of the things that gave away the problem was the
problem with the recorders in 106 having to be in Eb, because the BG
edition is in Eb rather than F. I think the bassoon might have gone
down to a low G as well, in that key.
It was a long time ago that I studied this, so I may recall incorrectly.
John
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