Klarinet Archive - Posting 000524.txt from 1998/11

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] Martino "Set" -- Note?
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 15:42:44 -0500

There is clearly at least the remnants of a ledger line there. The question is
whether Martino made an error or changed his mind and tried to "correct" the note
by merely obliterating the ledger line with the head of the note (I bet it
wouldn't be the first time someone's done that). I suspect he did and that the
note is intended to be a Bb. Otherwise, why does he bother with the natural sign
before the B which follows immediately? He didn't put a "reminder" on the
earlier B natural in the measure and he didn't put parentheses around the natural
he used. To me, this indicates that the natural sign is intended to cancel the
previous flat, not as a reminder. I also think it more likely that he would have
begun his variation from measure 12 on a beat rather than at the end of the first
four 16th notes. (But what do I know about composing?)

I listened to Jonathan Cohler's recording a few times to see what he played. It
goes by pretty fast but it sounds to me like he plays a Bb. (If you're
monitoring the list, Jonathan, perhaps you could verify or correct me?)

Best regards,
Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

Scott M. Gerhardt wrote:

> I am beginning work on Donald Martino's _A Set for Clarinet_ and will be much
> obliged if someone can verify a smudgy note for me.
>
> First movement, 9th bar from the end (or four staves from bottom, last
> measure), the fourth 16th note: B-flat, right? The sequence seems to imply
> a B-flat but, looking closely, I can almost make out what seems to be a
> second ledger line: that for an A-flat.
>
> With thanks,
>
> --
> Scott M. Gerhardt <gerhardt@-----.com>
> 5F 55 E8 3E AA 08 68 9A 58 CA 7C B1 B4 BE 24 B6
>
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