Klarinet Archive - Posting 000877.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: re:Mendelssohn Sonata
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 16:22:39 -0400

This is an interesting post.......! There are aspects of the sonata that
are really poorly thought out.....tons of repetition, unimaginative
chordal progressions, and, as was pointed out in an earlier post, some
formal problems. There are many redeeming qualitites however, and the
second movement is particularly beautiful.

I would very much enjoy seeing who was on the panel...... and, since the
article was published, would love to see who wrote it!

Roger Garrett

On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, David C. Blumberg wrote:

> The Mendelssohn Sonata has been written up as one of the top 10 bad
> clarinet pieces of all time under the heading
> Category: Clarinet/Piano Sonata by a famous composer:
> This was voted on by a panel of clarinet players, whom if any one found any
> redeeming qualities about the work, it was eliminated.
> Maybe you should have been there Jerry ;-). I won't say who wrote the
> article (to protect the guilty.)
> (Instrumentalist Sept 1975). Just thought you would like to know.)
>
> D.B.
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> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:07:49 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jrykorten@-----.com
> Subject: Mendelssohn Sonata
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> I've recently been taken with the Mendelssohn Sonata. That beautiful Andante
> movement!
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