Klarinet Archive - Posting 000688.txt from 1998/01

From: Matthew Snyder <msnyder@-----.net>
Subj: Re: To Matthew Snyder
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:26:02 -0500

At 09:28 PM 1/14/98 -0000, you wrote:
>Matthew
>I don't think that anyone discussing the use of vibrato has any hang-ups
>about it. It is the question of when and if it should be used that is under
>scrutiny.
>>I have no problems with using vibrato in the Ebony Concerto but I find that
>the balance between say the circus music in the first movement and the more
>overt jazziness later on is a difficult one to achieve.
>>I think maybe you joined the discussion mid way and misunderstood the
>context.

Actually, I'm responsible for starting the whole thing in the first place
when Jonathan Cohler suggested I send my comments to this list.

I apparently did misunderstand your question regarding the Ebony Concerto,
and I apologize. I thought you were asking whether vibrato should be used
at all in the piece. This provoked my response: it seemed to me to be the
height of nervousness about using vibrato that anyone would consider not
using it in a piece like the Ebony (or, similarly, in the Copland Concerto).

But I stand by my (Jonathan's, really) basic point: there seems to be an
inexplicable resistance to using this basic technique of musicianship among
classical clarinetists.

Matt Snyder

msnyder@-----.net

http://www.interactive.net/~msnyder
The Clarinet In Jazz Since 1945
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