Sunday, February 12, 2012

Bb Bass Transposition for Prelude and Isolde's Love Death by Wagner

I am sure that someone out there is going to really appreciate my valentine gift of a transposition of the bass clarinet part to Richard Wagner's Prelude and Isolde's Love Death (Liebestod) from Tristan and Isolde. The original part is for bass clarinet in A in bass clef. Unfortunately, I received a pristine part, with no markings on it to indicate any notes, even though I'd played the piece with the same orchestra a few years earlier. I searched my library and the internet in vain looking for a transposed part. I would have been happy to pay someone just to not have to deal with the transposition myself. I'm okay reading bass clef transposition and I'll deal with A transpositions in treble, but when you put the two together, it's a royal pain. Rather than marking up the part again and stressing through the rehearsals concerned that I'd flub a transposition, I went ahead and put it all into Finale. It took me 4 1/2 hours because I'm not a Finale pro.

So here it is, my masterpiece, guaranteed note correct and completely readable, since I just used it in my performance with the Asheville Symphony last night. You can download a pdf of the part here.

4 comments:

  1. Truely, you have just saved my LIFE!!!!
    Thanks you for taking the time to do this.

    Patty Hoover
    (Fishers, Indiana)
    Pattyhoov@att.net

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  2. Thank you so very much, Shannon. Your work is truly appreciated. The part looks great and is completely spot-on.

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  3. Shannon, thank you. As Patty noted above, this has also saved MY life.

    J. in Carbondale IL

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  4. and here... more than 2 years later... you are saving the day! Thank you! :)

    L. in NYC

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