Klarinet Archive - Posting 000779.txt from 1998/07

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Brahms' CL works
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 16:55:33 -0400

Somewhere in the back of my mind I recall that "Shepherd on the Rock"
was one of Schubert's last works.

David B. Niethamer wrote:
>
> on 7/21/98 3:54 PM, Kevin Fay (LCA) wrote:
>
> >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.
> >
> >What's so lethal about the clarinet?
>
> Add to this list:
>
> Saint Saens - Sonata
> Poulenc - Sonata
> Reger - Clarinet Quintet
>
> David

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