Klarinet Archive - Posting 000742.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Mendelssohn 5: added trill?
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 10:20:46 -0400

By the time that Beethoven composed the 6th Symphony, that practice was
waning.....it is not traditional to play trills in this symphony from
above. Other works may warrant special attention to performance practice,
and Roger Shilcock is correct about the period - just not the work cited.

RG

On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Roger Shilcock wrote:

> Trilling from above is probably correct for the period, unfortunately.
> Roger Shilcock
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> On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Roger Garrett wrote:
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> > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:16:11 -0500 (CDT)
> > From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
> > Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> > To: arehow@-----.us
> > Subject: Re: Mendelssohn 5: added trill?
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> > I was asked to play all the trills in Beethoven 6 from above....which is
> > NOT standard! So.....the orchestra did as asked, and then on the concert,
> > we trilled from below. The conductor never noticed.
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> > Roger Garrett
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> > On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, ROBERT HOWE wrote:
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> > > Conductors do have these perogatives. Don't cut off your nose!!
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> > > RH
> > >
> > > Mark Miller wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In an upcoming performance of Mendelssohn 5, I've been asked by the
> > > > conductor to add a trill in the next-to-last measure of the scherzo. A
> > > > trip to two editions of the score, one recording (London Phil/Haitink),
> > > > and the archive on Sneezy hasn't turned up any good reason to do this.
> > > > Does anyone have any information about this? Is there any good reason
> > > > (besides continued employment) to add this trill?
> > > >
> > > > Mark Miller
> > > > mkmiller@-----.net
> > > > www.tiac.net/users/mkmiller/
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