Klarinet Archive - Posting 000633.txt from 1998/01

From: Clarial <Clarial@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Dan Leeson Matt Snyder and vibrato
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:06:59 -0500

From: Albert Hunt (Clarial@-----.com)

Can we extrapolate from what we know of vocal performance practice of Mozart's
era that clarinet did not use much or any vibrato?

Dan Leeson wrote:

>And in any case, we really don't know very much about classical
>playing before say 1920's or so since we don't have recorded
>sound good enough to tell us what was really going on. Who
>is to say that Brahms' clarinetist did not use vibrato? There
>is no writing that I know of that speaks of this aspect of his
>playing, either pro or con. And if we go as far back as
>Stadler, there is absolutely 0 evidence that he did not use
>vibrato (and, of course, no evidence that he did, either).