Klarinet Archive - Posting 000641.txt from 1998/01

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: K622 Trills
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 21:54:16 -0500

Micheal,
You are misinformed. The trill was VERY common in the classical
period. In fact, it was obligatory to end a section with a trilled note.
Also, virtually all cadenzas ended with one. Ditto for the early classical
period (e.g. Beethoven's music). Even the romantics such as Brahms,
Dvorak, etc. made great use of trills.
As for starting the trill on the upper neighbor, this was
apparently the way it was done. However, it is only recent scholarship
which rediscovered this fact. The Marcellus recording was done before this
fact was well-publicized, so he (who was trained way before musicologists
made this discovery) didn't start trills from above. Shifrin is young
enough to have benefited
from that knowledge and thus, does the trills as they were done in
Mozart's time.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Michael Jones wrote:

> I have been listening to Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A (K622). It has
> lots of trills marked in the score. I thought the trill was passe
> during the classical period - a remnant of the baroque period and
> considered corny or old fashioned. Did Mozart have a particular
> affection for it?
>
> Also, comparing the Shifirin recording to the Marcellus, I note that Mr.
> Shifirin begins his trills on the higher note (in baroque fashion), but
> not so with Mr Marcellus. Any comments? Ideas?
>
> Michael Jones
>

   
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