Klarinet Archive - Posting 000677.txt from 1998/07

From: "John Gates" <cadenza@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Brahms' CL works
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:41:12 -0400

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And this goes even deeper. Consider "Hirt Auf dem Felsem" (Shepherd on =
the rock) written in Schubert's last year and probably his last piece. =
Also the Duo Concertante for Clarinet and Bassoon (R. Strauss) which was =
written very late in Strauss' life.
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From: Kevin Fay (LCA) <kevinfay@-----.com>
To: 'klarinet@-----.org>
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 8:58 AM
Subject: RE: [kl] Re: Brahms' CL works
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The problem, it seems, is that as soon as you write something good =
for
clarinet you die. I believe that K.622 was the last piece Mozart =
finished
before he croaked (he did leave other unfinished works). Brahms--3 =
cool
pieces and the long last goodbye. Nielsen--1 concerto, soon dead.
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What's so lethal about the clarinet?
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kjf
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-----Original Message-----
From: Maestro645@-----.com]
Sent: Monday, July 20, 1998 9:00 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Brahms' cl works
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In a message dated 7/20/98 8:45:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
EbKlarinet@-----.com (Elise) writes:
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<< Hi all! Thank God Brahms wrote his clarinet works at the end of =
his
life--that's why they're so deep, so profound. He brought his years =
of
compostitional craft to bear on these wonderful four works, just =
like
Mozart
did with the Concerto. Just compare the Mozart bassoon concerto, K. =
191, an
early work, with the clarinet concerto, K. 622, a very late work, =
and
you'll
see what I mean.
>>
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Good point, Elise! Even though the clarinet concerto is much more =
mature
than
the bassoon concerto, you have to admit even the bassoon concerto, =
although
very youthful, is still very masterfully created. The genius never =
changed,
just the maturity level.
Chris Hoffman
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