Klarinet Archive - Posting 000002.txt from 1994/02

From: Martin Pergler <pergler@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Telemann's Flute Fantasias
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 03:00:35 -0500

Being both an (amateur) clarinetist and recorder player, I often try to
play baroque music intended for reocrder/flute/violin on the clarinet.
Originally, I did it just for the fun of it, but I find it helps me
concentrate on certain aspects of clarinet tone and articulation which I
otherwise don't do that much...plus I seem to notice certain things I miss
when just rehearsing on the recorder (say for performance).

Some of my favourites:
- Giuseppe Sammartini Concerto in F for recorder. The second movement
comes out beautifully on clarinet.
- Telemann, Sonata in F minor published in a set of four sonatas for
recorder. Schott I think (I'll look up publishers if people are interested)
- Couperin...Quatrieme concert royal (practice in French argements)
- earlier stuff: all sorts of renaissance dances, eg. Susato, Praetorius,
etc. A lot of these are in four parts...they are not idiomatic for
clarinet but require a lot of facility with articulation. Have played some
in a group of 3 Bb cl, 1 Bass cl and sounded quite neat. Trick is to
avoid stodginess.
- Just recently got a copy of Marin Marais variations on La Follia.
Originally for gamba. The edition I had was for flute/recorder and I was
not that thrilled. But some of variations sounded cool when I doodled
on clt.

MP

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Martin Pergler pergler@-----.edu
Grad student, Mathematics
Univ. of Chicago

On Mon, 31 Jan 1994, James Langdell wrote:

> James Perone (perone@-----.bitnet) said:
> >Perhaps members of this list should get into questions of study of
> >non-clarinet material as a way of approaching Baroque performance practice.
> >Anyone out there ever use Telemann's Fantasias for Solo Flute? They are
> >great pieces for studying polyphonic melody and for trying out various
> >approaches to ornamentation -- oh, and they actually work better on
> >clarinet than they do on flute.
>
> When I studied with Rosario Mazzeo, he put a bit emphasis on
> practicing baroque music not intended for the clarinet. He
> felt it was an important balance to playing music that was already
> conceived to lay well on the clarinet.
>
> On my own I sought out the Telemann 12 Fantasies for solo flute.
> Excellent pieces in their own right, but I'd recommend any clarinet
> player study them prior to beating away at transcriptions of the Bach
> solo sonatas. There's a lot more breathing room in which to try inventing
> ornamentation, unlike the Bach works which are as filled as they ever
> should be.
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