Klarinet Archive - Posting 001332.txt from 1998/10

From: "Fredrik" <fredrik.gulbrand@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] SV: [kl] Valdrez (New beginning)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 06:04:51 -0500

I am a Norwegian and has played The "Valdresmasj" by Johannes Hansen =
sevral times and it begins with a=20
CLARINET solo and thats it. However, I have never heard it by a marching =
band on parade,it is always performed as a concert piece.The version =
beginning with a trumpet solo must be an American marching band =
arrangement intended for parade, since one single clarinet is to soft to =
be heard in a parade.
The march is based on the Valdres Regiment signal and the obligato is a =
norwegial folkdance "halling"danced by young men to show strength. A =
girl stand on a chair with a long stick with a hat on it, and the men =
dancing in a circle and try to kick the hat down, the hat going higher =
for evry round. The man who kicks the hat down at the last hight is the =
winner.The obligato halling should be played with all the trills and =
ornaments since that is the way it is played in the tradition on the =
fiddle.=20
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Fra: Scott Morrow <scottdmorrow@-----.com>
Til: klarinet@-----.org>
Dato: 29. oktober 1998 16:10
Emne: Re: [kl] Valdrez (New beginning)

>This was one of my favorites of all the pieces we played in Junior High =

>School!
>-Scott
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>>At 08:29 AM 10/29/98 -0500, Avrahm Galper wrote:
>>>A pupil brought me a piece called VALDRESMARSJ by Johannes Hanssen.
>>>The opening, he says, is just for clarinet solo. Does anyone know =
this
>>>piece? Looks like a march of some sort. AG=20
>>>--=20
>>Yes. "Valdres" is a march, the national march of Norway, I believe. =20
>The
>>opening theme, at least in the band arrangement, is stated by a solo
>>trumpet, but it is joined by a clarinet obligatto the second time=20
>through.
>>
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