Klarinet Archive - Posting 000697.txt from 1998/11

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.ch>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sv: [kl] Double rip embouchure
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 07:51:09 -0500

Lars Borup schrieb:

> >>>Does anyone knows contemporary clarinettists who plays by double lip
> >>>embouchure? I know only two:Ralph McLane and Harold Wright.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Richard Stoltzman also plays with a double lip embouchre.
> >>
> >
> >I believe Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr (a former classmate of Stoltzman's?) does
> >also. That would be a couple of strong recommendations for the technique,
> >although it does tear apart both the upper and lower lips--hence the term
> >"double rip embouchure."
> >
> >Steve Heinemann
> >Bradley University
> >sjh@-----.edu
>
> I do! - and that with a lovely comfort.
> I started with single lip, but under influence of my teacher, Tage Scharff, who again was a pupil of Aage Oxenvad (Nielsen Concerto), I soon without any problems changed to double lip finding that it in every aspect was better to me. More flexibility, bigger sound and a feeling of freedom in tone production was the result, and absolutely no biting. And so I have played for 33 years until now.
>
> In Denmark several professional clarinettists play with double lip embouchure, and many of my own pupils have with great success made the change.
>
> My best regards
>
> Lars Borup
> Principal Clarinetist Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Denmark
> Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark

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Thank you for your message! There are more of us around than one might think. I was wondering who the Skandinavian double lippers were. I also know of: Kalman Bloch (LA Phil Retired) , John Mohler, Richard Stoltzman, Harald Wright and yours truly (since 1981).

David
David Glenn
notestaff@-----.ch

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