Klarinet Archive - Posting 000383.txt from 1998/11

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Spohr Octet
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 04:34:49 -0500

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.81
> Subj: [kl] Spohr Octet

> For years I've had a copy of Louis Spohr's Octet for violin, TWO violas,
> cello, clarinet [in A], two horns and bass. I've never had the
> opportunity to play it. I've never even heard it! Does anybody know of
> a recording I could get?
>
> My copy is a photocopy of printed music circa 1820 that must have come
> from the archives of a British military band. It's got their stamp all
> over it. It's not particularly rare, though; I got it from Mc Ginnis
> and Marx.
>
> The clarinet part isn't tremendously virtuosic so maybe it wasn't
> written for Hermstedt. The violin gets most of the ink. For Louie to
> show off, I presume.
>
> Ed Maurey

Ed, I have played that work several times and it is one of my
favorite compositions. I always preferred it to the more
popular nonet of Spohr. Terrific clarinet part, particularly
the variations.

Enjoy.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
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