Klarinet Archive - Posting 000270.txt from 1997/07

From: Gary_VanCott@-----.com
Subj: RE: I'm back with a question...
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 11:30:41 -0400

Gary VanCott=NHIN
07/09/97 08:30 AM
I agree. I have the Larry Combs recording of this sonata and "boring" is
exactly the word I would use to describe it.

Gary Van Cott
Las Vegas, NV
Gary_VanCott@-----.com

Neil Leupold asks: "Copland wrote a clarinet sonata?"
Copland wrote a violin sonata (1943) that he then transcribed for clarinet
and piano (1944). He made further changes later on, including transposing
down a third. I'm not sure what changes he made when. Boosey & Hawkes
publishes it. I find it boring, but maybe I haven't given it enough of a
chance.
Gary Young
Madison, Wisconsin
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From: Neil Leupold[SMTP:nleupold@-----.edu]
Subject: RE: I'm back with a question...
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Gary Young wrote:
> Ken--
>
> For clarinet with piano, you might consider Elliot Carter's Pastoral
> (Merion Music) (a beautiful early Carter piece with lots of 5/8), the
> Bernstein and Copland Sonatas, and Cowell's Six Casual Developments.
Copland wrote a clarinet sonata?