Klarinet Archive - Posting 000843.txt from 1997/02

From: "David B. Niethamer" <niethamer@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Question about Dvorak #9
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 07:19:03 -0500

thehat@-----.ORG wrote:

>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).

It is my unscientific understanding (from being married to a flutist)
that these second flute solos are no accident - see also the 8th
symphony. Dvorak evidently had a second flutist friend in the orchestra
for which he wrote these works. Now, does anyone know if this is *really*
true?

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
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