Klarinet Archive - Posting 000787.txt from 1998/09

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] Genesis Music
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:49:03 -0400

On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Craig Earl Countryman wrote:

> Hello all! I am currently working on a project for my Advanced Placement
> Literature class concerning the Book of Genesis (particularly the story of
> Creation -- Adam and Eve) and its effect on literature on the arts. I have
> focused my studies on paintings, sculptures, and literary allusions thusfar,
> but I was thinking that I might find some music that has been influenced by
> the Story of Creation as well. Does anyone have any ideas of pieces I might
> be able to find with such roots or composers who might have been influenced
> by this?
>
> Any ideas or suggestions would be very much appreciated! Thank you!
>
> Sincerely,
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> Craig Earl Countryman
> cegc@-----.net
> http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/YPP/Craig.html
> http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1711/
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OK, I'm a little behind in my e-mail (so what's new?).

How about Haydn's "Creation" (I believe the genre is oratorio). It has
nice clarinet parts too!

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
*and now* Double Ring Cycle Survivor
eastwooj@-----.edu

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