Klarinet Archive - Posting 000343.txt from 1997/05
From: Lord Rob <rteitelbaum@-----.EDU> Subj: RE: Quintets Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 18:01:13 -0400
Apart from searching for "Quintet and String" on Sneezy,
which returned for me 53 compositions of varying degrees
of merit, you might check out Ithaca College's repertoire list
at
http://www.ithaca.edu/music/music4/rep.html
WARNING: EDITORIAL AHEAD
Personally, I'm not a big fan of the clarinet quintet. If I do
chamber music, it's because I want to share equal status with
the other musicians, that being IMrarelyHO the best learning
experience. (And I don't care how good you are, all performances
should be learning experiences.) Too often, though, the clarinet
and string quartet instrumentation relegates the musicians of the
quartet to accompaniment status, the most extreme example being
the Weber Quintet. The only quintet I've found thus far of that gives
all five instruments equal treatment is the Brahms Quintet, and
although Pino calls this one of the greatest chamber music works
ever I don't really care for it. Accordingly, I would much rather play
something in a smaller ensemble, like the Beethoven Op. 11 Trio, or
something with a larger ensemble, like Mozart's Serenade No. 10.
Either way, the musicians more often get the egalitarian treatment they
so richly deserve. (Yes, even the violists.)
Editorial mode off. Let the flames begin.
Rob Teitelbaum
Claremont McKenna College
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