Klarinet Archive - Posting 000835.txt from 1997/02

From: thehat@-----.org
Subj: Question about Dvorak #9
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:34:18 -0500

I have always wondered about this too, although as many times as I have
played this symphony, I have never played it at a tempo too fast for
comfortable articulation here. The possibility of a copyist's error intrigues
me, because I have always suspected that a couple of the 2nd flute solos in
this symphony because 2nd flute solos because a copyist engraved them on the
wrong stave (those of you who know the symphony know what I mean).

Interestingly, Barenreiter is preparing an "Urtext" edition of the Beethoven
symphonies which will supposedly prove surprising to all of us who have
played the versions that are currently out there. Perhaps someone may do this
for Dvorak someday?

In a message dated 02-23-97 INTERNET: el2@-----. wrote to ** ALL **:
Ie> There is a place in the 3rd movement, the Scherzo, specifically in
Ie> the 2nd Trio, where there are 8 measures during which the strings and
Ie> higher woodwinds alternate playing trills of one measure each.
Ie> However, in the last two measures which the woodwinds play, the
Ie> clarinets are not marked trill, but rather have a slash across the
Ie> stem of the note, and a "6," apparently indicating an articulated
Ie> sextuplet. The tempo is too fast to allow this many notes to be
Ie> articulated in the time indicated. What is intended here? How is it
Ie> usually performed?

Ie> I speculate that this is likely the result of a careless error in
Ie> copying. Our clarinet players can articulate quite fast, but could
Ie> not play that many notes in the indicated time, but even if they
Ie> could, I think it would be too apparent that their indication was
Ie> different from everyone else in the orchestra who is playing at that
Ie> time. Any solutions?

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