Klarinet Archive - Posting 000251.txt from 1995/01

From: Donald Oehler <dloehler@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Uhl Divertimento
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 20:00:09 -0500

On Sat, 14 Jan 1995, Nichelle Crocker wrote:

> My clarinet quartet is currently preparing the Divertimento by Alfred Uhl for
> an upcoming recital. There seems to be very little information about Uhl, and
> the standard reference texts were of little help to me. The most detailed of
> them had one short paragraph stating that Uhl is an Austrian composer born in
> 1909, he studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and listed various awards,
etc.
> I believe the Divertimento was written in 1943. Does anyone have any
> information about him or this piece? It is an exciting and interesting work
> and I would love to know more about it.
>
He's written a very nice usuable work for clarinet, viola, and piano, too.
D. Oehler