Klarinet Archive - Posting 001021.txt from 1995/10

From: Laurence Liberson <hardreed@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Busoni Concertino
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 09:19:00 -0400

>Tell me, please - In the Busoni Concertino in measure 76, do you play the last
>note D-flat or d-natural. I have always played the flat, but a student
>questioned that, having heard D-natural in a recording (which one I don't
>know). Does someone have a definative answer? Thanks,
>
>Michael Galvan
>Professor of Music (Clarinet)
>School of Music
>Ford Hall 208
>Ithaca College
>Ithaca, NY 14850
>(607) 274-3410
>fax 607-274-1727
>e-mail Galvan@-----.edu
>

Michael,

Hardly a definitive answer, but have you tried playing an *E-flat* for that
note? It seems to fit the sequence quite well -- much better, in fact, than
either the D-natural or the D-flat. Try it -- you just may like it! (and if
you don't, you didn't hear it from me! ;))

Larry Liberson
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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