Klarinet Archive - Posting 000788.txt from 1998/01

From: "Benjamin A. Maas" <bmaas@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Accidentals in Stravinsky's "Three Pieces"
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 23:14:42 -0500

When I have played this piece, I keep accidentals through a phrase. For
example, the first phrase has an e-flat that is notated on the third note,
but not the 10th note. (At least with the old edition) You will notice that
inside a phrase, if a note has a change in accidentals, it is notated that
way.

I think a far more interesting question is "What accidentals are correct?"
There are supposedly many misprints in the part. Chester came out with a
new "improved" edition a few years ago. There are several re-notated parts
and several "corrected" notes. If the performance practice of 50+ years
indicates one way to perform, and a new edition corrects notes, Which should
we play? The misprints have become a part of performance practice. What
about on a recital? How about a competition where some will play from each
edition and the judge may be familiar with older recordings (using the old
edition)?

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Clarinetist and Digital Recording Engineer
Student, University of Southern California
Executive Director, Digital Renaissance Consort
bmaas@-----.net
bmaas@-----.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig E. G. Countryman <cegc@-----.net>
Date: Sunday, January 18, 1998 7:23 PM
Subject: Accidentals in Stravinsky's "Three Pieces"

>In the second of Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet I am unsure
>how to handle the accidentals. Since there are no barlines, I have been
>playing the accidental only with the note it is written. Should I carry
>it through the grouping, or a particular phrase, or should I continue to
>just take it on a per note basis?
>
>Thanks. Luckily the other two pieces have barlines so this is not a
>problem throughout the piece!
>
>Sincerely,
>
>-------------------------------------
>Craig Countryman
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>
>Quote of the Day:
>
>"It is the first of all problems for a man to find
> out what kind of work he is to do in this universe."
> -Thomas Carlyle
>

   
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