Klarinet Archive - Posting 000104.txt from 1999/01

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beethoven Trio, 3d Movement Theme
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:09:12 -0500

On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, MARY A. VINQUIST wrote:
> The theme is from an aria in the comic opera "L'amor marinaro" or "The
> Corsair" by Joseph Weigl. The text means "Before I begin work," which is
> incomplete -- It's actually "Before I begin work, I must have something to
> eat."
SNIP
> When I played this on a reproduction of an old clarinet, with fortepiano
> and a gut-string cello with no end pin, I realized what was going on. The
> lighter voiced clarinet can play those 3 notes like pizzicatos, and the
> fortepiano can do the same. We prepared the audience by playing the minor
> key variation in almost silent movie style and got audible laughs with the
> fugue, pizzicatos and coda.
> Ken Shaw

Ken - thanks for the notes. This is programed on my recital in 11 days,
and there is information I was not aware of. I was waiting to see if
anyone responded to the question, and I was not dissapointed!

RG
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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