Klarinet Archive - Posting 000790.txt from 1998/01

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Accidentals in Stravinsky's "Three Pieces"
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 23:14:44 -0500

There is an article about Stravinsky's Three Pieces in and issue of The
Clarinet.....came out within the past two years......perhaps Sneezy
Archives can help out? The article is quite extensive....I have it at my
school - and if I remember next time I am there (I am currently on
sabbatical) I will try to find it and report the periodical number.

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Benjamin A. Maas wrote:

> 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>
> To: klarinet@-----.us>
> 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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