Klarinet Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 1994/04

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: the Rigoletto fantasy
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 02:45:27 -0400

Though the submitter of the question having to do with Verdi's Rigoletto
was not specific enough, I think that it was referencing a work called
the Rigoletto Fantasy (not at all by Verdi). If this a correct assumption,
the work has not been published for years and years. I doubt if one could
buy a new copy, but perhaps I am just out of it.

What is it that you wanted to know about the work? The history of this
kind of music (variations of ever increasing complexity or a series of
extremely overornamented melodies from a single work and strung together
like beads on a necklace) is interesting but about as current as the dodo
bird. How long has it been since you heard a performance of the Bride
of The Waves for Cornet and Band? It is the same historical period.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
(leeson@-----.edu)
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