Klarinet Archive - Posting 000692.txt from 1995/06

From: Donald Yungkurth <DYungkurth@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Unaccompanied Clarinet
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 00:08:32 -0400

I had suggested the Donizetti "Studie fur Klarinette" as a work for
unaccompanied clarinet that I like, and I indicated that it was from the
Classical period.

Tom Izzo wrote:

>Good piece BTW, but the Donizetti is clearly a Romantic >piece-later than
the Classical period as are all of his >contemporaries (Grand Opera
composers)

Donizetti lived from 1797 to 1848. I don't know when he wrote his "Studie"
or whether it would fall into the Classical or Romantic periods if
arbitrarily judged by composition date. I'm simply stating that my ears tell
me the style sounds like Classical period music. I'm not an opera buff and
won't question whether or not Donizetti wrote "Grand Opera", but this work
doesn't make me think of grand opera. The Studie diddles - it doesn't have
any big tunes. It sounds more like Crusell than Verdi.