Klarinet Archive - Posting 001029.txt from 1995/10

From: Thomas Labadorf <Labadorf@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Busoni Concertino
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 01:10:35 -0500

Michael Galvan wrote:

>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,

I suspect the clarinetist in the recording made a mistake, although it's hard
to believe that a professional would have missed the accidental earlier in
the bar.

That having been said, I agree with Larry Liberson on theoretical grounds.
If you look at the whole passage in context, the entire line is a decending
whole tone scale pattern starting from mm 74 (5 after rehearsal 7). If you
can follow my pseudo-Schenkerian analysis for a moment: the highest notes of
the passage are: c-sharp, b, a, g, f, (skips the e-flat), _d-flat_, then the
same note spelled enharmonically c-sharp, b, a, then breaking the pattern
with the final f-sharp. If this was truly meant to be a complete whole tone
scale passage, and there is no reason why it shouldn't be, then the d-flat in
question should be an e-flat.

This analysis doesn't take into account what's happening in the
accompaniment, but I'm willing to bet on the e-flat.

Tom Labadorf
clarinetist U. S. Coast Guard Band
Labadorf@-----.com

   
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