Klarinet Archive - Posting 000785.txt from 1999/08

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Weber 2 Interpretation
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 12:59:28 -0400

Craig,
Technically, it is NOT a cadenza but an "Eingang" (see Dan
Leeson's masterful posting about the Mozart Concerto from last year).
Therefore, it is not a LONG thing but a quite short (no more than, let's
say 30-45 seconds) flight of fancy. No restatement and embellishment upon,
the theme, etc. However, it is very stylistically correct to do something
showy there. To NOT do so would have been considered the mark of an
extremely unimaginative player in Weber's day. Ornaments include all sorts
of trills and turns (grupetti, for the cognicenti) and changing 1/8-note
passages t0 16th- or 32nd-note passages by adding all sorts of passing
notes.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Craig Countryman wrote:

> Hello all! I have a brief question concerning Carl Maria von Weber's Concerto #2. At the very end of the second movement Romanze, there is a Cadenza that appears in the fourth bar before the end (Cundy-Bettoney version). My question -- is it appropriate to embellish upon the written line, and if so, what kind of ornaments should I add?
>
> The reason I ask is because I'm considering doing it for a college audition, and I want to use the piece to showcase musicality -- so I'm looking to add something tasteful that might would be in line with the rest of the piece as well as the performance practices of Weber's period.
>
> If you have any suggestions on this, or any other points to make about the Second Movement I would REALLY appreciate it! Thanks :)
>
> Craig
>
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