At 4:24 PM -0400 7/21/08, John Howell wrote:
Well, there's a Clarino Concerto on the Werner Icking website with the solo part (and the string parts) in F major. The modern editor has it marked Clarino in C, but it's obviously for a clarino in F just because of the notes that are used, and more than likely to be for F alto rather than F basso clarino.
Addendum: I've been in touch with Michel Rondeau, the editor of that Sinfonia, and she says:
"the Endler ....according to the manuscript located in the Hessiche Landes-und Hochschulbibliothek in Darmstadt, Germany was written for "Clarino Piccolo" in F......you are correct in your guess"
So if we take that as proof that a "Clarino Piccolo" in F was not unknown, that may answer the questions not only of the score you're working on but Brandenburg 2 as well. But of course there's still the problem of the mismatched key signatures. The theory of two different pitch standards does make good sense to me. What you have to decide as editor is whether you are transcribing for modern instruments or for baroque instruments.
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