Klarinet Archive - Posting 000838.txt from 1997/02

From: Jordan Selburn <jselburn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Question about Dvorak #9
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 02:29:37 -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).

I believe that the 2nd flute has solos in this symphony because Dvorak had
a flute-playing relative (cousin??) seated 2nd in one of the European
orchestras.

Jordan