Klarinet Archive - Posting 000345.txt from 1995/07

From: CLARK FOBES <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: British music for the clarinet
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 02:05:26 -0400

You wrote:
>
>Clarke Fobes mentioned in a previous post:
>
>> Elgar, Sir Edward.
>>
>> 7 unpublished movements for woodwind quintet
>
>These were published at one time, by Belwin/Kalmus, I believe. They
are a
>wide assortment of pieces, from short pieces with fanciful titles
("The
>Barnyard" is one), to named pieces ("Nancy") in the spirit of "Enigma
>Variations", to full blown abstract sonata movements. All kinds of
music.
>
>The instrumentation is odd, though - not standard WW5tet. They are for
2
>flutes, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. The flute and oboe parts work
quite
>nicely on violins, and since the intent of these pieces seems to have
>been "hausmusik", I don't think that's too outrageous an arrangement.
>
>=========================
>David Niethamer
>niethamer@-----.edu
>dbnclar1@-----.com
>=========================
>
If memory serves me correctly, these were written when Elgar was a
young man and worked in the capacity of "music therapist" at an asylum.
The pieces were written for the patients, so I would assume that pieces
would be written as he had players. Anyone else read something like
this? I am going to try to find the reference.

Clark W Fobes