Klarinet Archive - Posting 000303.txt from 1995/09

From: Christopher G Zello <czello@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Orchestral excerpts
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 18:35:44 -0400

I would like to place a vote against using the Bonade Orchestral Excerpts
for Clarinet. There is a small disclaimer at the bottom of a beginning
left hand page that Bonade put there saying that these were the way
players of his time played. Upon comparison anyone will find that
articulations have been changed, and there are numerous note mistakes.
Is there any truth to the fact that Bonade indeed transcribed all these
excerpts from memory (hence the mistakes)? Although this text is a
fabulous example of musicianship, with many excellent examples of a way
to play these excerpts, I don't think it is a wise choice to be learning
from this book.

On the other hand learning from the parts is a good idea--very accurate,
but expensive if you consider the amount of parts you will need.

Very often today the competition for jobs is so keen that it isn't wise
to walk into an audition playing anything other than the articulations on
the page. This is something a committee could count you out for (as well
as a million other things). Do anyone else feel this way?

Does anyone else feel that the articulation should shape the phrasing?
Hence if you change the articulation, you change the phrasing and style.

What is the reality of someone revising the Bonade excerpt book and
providing corrected articulations and notes, while maintaining Bonade's
musicianship? That would be a find!

Christopher Zello
Milwaukee, WI
czello@-----.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/~czello/