Klarinet Archive - Posting 000125.txt from 1996/08

From: Ward Cheney <cheney@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Karg-Elert Sonate, Op. 110
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 14:49:18 -0400

Marylou G Verano has written as follows:
>
> On Mon, 5 Aug 1996 18:08:25 -0500 Michiya Nishino
> <mnishino@-----.EDU> writes:
> >Hello--
> >
> >I finally got a hold of the Karg-Elert sonata for unaccompanied
> >clarinet...
>
> Michiya...
>
> I have never heard of this piece before, and I am intrigued by your
> mentioning of it... what does it sound like? How does it compare to
> other unaccompanied pieces?
>
> The only ones I am "familiar" with are the Stravinsky three pieces and
> the Abyss from Messaien's "Quartet from the end of time." Can you make
> any comparisons?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Marylou "Bernstein Sonata" Verano
> savorygrrl@-----.com
>
> (okay ladies and germs, I made a mistake. hah hah.)
>

Not to be overlooked: "Suite for Clarinet Unaccompanied" by Montague
Cantor, published by Levant Music, New York, 1942. It is melodic and
makes modest demands. It is 6 pages long, and has 5 movements.
--Ward Cheney (cheney@-----.edu)