Klarinet Archive - Posting 000757.txt from 1997/04

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Repieno
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:35:07 -0400

On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Robin Fairbairns wrote:

> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 11:24:39 +0100
> From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@-----.uk>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Cc: silvestr@-----.net
> Subject: Re: Repieno
>
> > I played a quartet where the part labelled "Repieno" was in Eb. It was
> > the solo part, and all of the other parts were Bb parts.
>
> Either the composer had a misunderstanding of some sort, or she had a
> funny sense of humour.
>
> Robin
>
It seems odd that there should be a "repiano" (or whatever) part without a
"solo" part. "Repiano" is a corruption of "ripieno", used in the days of
the concerto grosso to denote the string parts which were not played by
the "concertino" - the sort of solo players. Usually (I am open to
correction by those who have more concert band experience than I have), it
denotes the parts next in importance to the "solo". "Repiano" is also used
in the traditional description of brass band parts, generally for cornets.
Roger Shilcock