Klarinet Archive - Posting 000221.txt from 1995/01

From: Martin Pergler <pergler@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Krommer octet in B-flat, op. 78
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 02:13:20 -0500

On Thu, 12 Jan 1995, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:

> Tell me a little more and I'll tell you exactly what to do. Musica Rara
> published 3 Krommer octets about 15 years ago. Was this one of them?
[....]
> looking for and the opus number does not help. Describe the first few
> notes of the tune of the first movement such as "Tonic, dominant, tonic
> chords played in forte by everyone in half notes. This is followed by
> the first clarinet playing 3 quarter note g-s beginning on beat 2."
> (This is an exact description of one of the Krommer octets I have.

It seems I replied to the questioner (Christie Vohs) directly instead of
to the list. This is one of the octets on a fairly recent recording by
Sabine Meyer's ensemble. I _believe_ that it is the one which has an
extended hyperactive triplet sixteenth motif for clarinet as the first
theme of the last movement, though I may be wrong. I have only heard it
on the radio while doing something else. If you don't know what I'm
talking about, you haven't heard it --- it's quite unmistakeable, lasts
(my guess) at least 12 bars, and comes back twice.

If it is this octet, then it is not one of the 3 MR ones you mention, Dan.
It's also (I believe) not one of the few (?) that Panton/Artia in Prague put
out, edited by Antonin Myslik.

It sounds amazing!

Martin
(who may have egg all over his face if it's another octet)

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