Klarinet Archive - Posting 000354.txt from 1995/09

From: "Mark"Daddy" Greeley" <mgreeley@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Orchestral excerpts
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 13:27:51 -0400

>Mark Greeley wrote:
>>>Also ordering the actual parts to the following works would be a good
>investment:
>>>Ravel: Daphis and Chloe Suite No. 2
>
>Mark, where did you buy the Ravel part? I've played it and have photocopies
>I've made of the parts for my own practicing (there will probably be Federal
>agents at my door tomorrow), but originals would be much easier to read and
>turn pages.
>
>To the several students who asked about orchestral excerpt books, apart from
>the Bonade collection already mentioned in another post, there is a whole
>series published by International Music Company which include collections
>edited by McGinnis (the older books), Drucker(a more recent set), Hinze
>(Wagner excerpts), Bartholomey (Strauss excerpts), and probably others (those
>are the ones I have). There is also a collection of excerpts from French
>pieces edited by Cailliet and published by Durand (including among many
>others the Daphnis Suite #2).
>
>The only caveat is that I haven't bought excerpt books in 25 years and some
>or all of these may well be out of print (especially, I suspect, the Cailliet
>book). They are excellent in terms of the range of their content and there is
>very little duplication of repertoire among them. They all contain misprints,
>the individual phrasings of the players who edited them, and occasionally
>outright distortions, but they are a reasonable way (and relatively cheap) to
>get a sampling of the parts you're most likely to see in the orchestra
>repertoire. They are good for general practicing. I agree with some of the
>other responses to this thread, though, that if you're preparing for an
>auditiion, there is no substitute for the full part. Too many things look
>different enough to be unnerving, even if the actual notes and rhythms in the
>excerpt book were accurate. And not everything that's hard to play in a given
>piece makes it into the books - usually only the parts that are exposed.
>Tutti passages are perfectly fair game for many audition committees.
>

All of my excerpts that I have bought, save the Beethoven and Brahms
symphonies, are Kalmus editions. You can buy these for the best prices at
Lucks Music Library in Michigan. I don't have that number right now, but if
you want it, email me at mgreeley@-----.edu

Mark

   
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