Klarinet Archive - Posting 001318.txt from 1997/09

From: Michael Norsworthy <mnorsworthy@-----.net>
Subj: RE: Berio Sequenza IX
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 16:45:06 -0400

Frank,

Funny you should ask this question, as I asked the same thing a bit earlier.
There are alternate fingerings (multiphonics) which should be used. Here is
an earlier posting from Paolo Ravaglia who has spoken with Berio about this
particular problem. Should you wish to have them notated... you can purchase
the music but make sure you get the version with the WHITE COVER. The green
cover has multiphonics written for a clarinet with a low e-flat key. Good
luck, it's a terrific piece.

Regards,
Michael Norsworthy
mnorsworthy@-----.net

Paolo Ravaglia wrote:

Hi Nils (or Olaf, as you prefer)
the chords problem was resolved between me nd Berio in a private
correspondance. I had to play it in Paris, about two years ago, and I wrote
him, suggesting two solutions. He answered me I could choose by myself because
he liked them together but, in a later meeting, he seemed to prefer the
following and simple one:

First chord (page 6, fourth stave): A Bb + + + | + + + E
(sounding Bnat &G)

Second chord (page 6, fifth stave): A + + + | + + + E
(sounding Bnat & F#)

Hugs

Paolo

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Paolo Ravaglia Roma Italy
peval@-----.it
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On Tuesday, September 30, 1997 4:37 AM, Frank Garcia
[SMTP:fgarcia@-----.edu] wrote:
> I am working on this piece. Page 6 has two multiphonics which require a low
> Eb key. Anyone know other fingerings to get the same pitches? Or, are there
> approved (by the composer) alternate multiphonics which can be played?
> Thanks,
>
> Frank
>
> PS: Thanks for the showpiece tips so far..
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