Klarinet Archive - Posting 000178.txt from 1994/03

From: SCOTT MCCHESNEY <MCCHESS4641@-----.EDU>
Subj: More w/ history...
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 18:52:11 -0500

Well, there are a couple of knowledgable people out there, though I've gotten
conflicting reports... oh well.

The concert went pretty well, I guess. Some problems w/ intonation in the
first half - which is where this Shakespeare thing was.

Actually, the question was kind of answered for me. This guy wrote this piece
for a revival theatre back in 1988. So, he wasn't taking music that was
actually written in Shakespeare's day. But still, he did have that "old
world" flavor - including asking the oboe players to play loud and "honk-like"
(my own word) in one section so as to approximate the early oboe sound - which,
I understand, was VERY nasal and quite annoying. Pardon to any oboe player who
might be lurking about... :)

So, if we have brass instruments, oboes, flutes, and bassoons of some
description in this time period (though none of them resemble their modern-day
counterparts much at all), would a recorder be the closest approximation to a
Clarinet that was around? Or is there some nondescript beast that wandered
around in the bushes?

-- Scott

-- MCCHESS4641@-----.edu

P.S. Dr. Monsen - nothing yet on the SEC. He's thinking, though!!