Klarinet Archive - Posting 000264.txt from 2000/01
From: "Michael Bryant" <michael@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hanns Eisler
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 03:48:53 -0500
The duration of Moment Musical is circa 1 minute and 50 seconds
so viewers may have heard all of it. It is jazzy but there are no
glissandos.
On the back cover of the notes accompanying
the Swiss Accord CD 200632 (Eisler Chamber Music, Volume 2)
the complete autograph of the work is reproduced - but not clearly.
It was written on 8th January 1947 for
"Mr Donatelli, a very excellent musician and artist".
The autograph is in the Hans Eisler Archive in (East) Berlin
and at the time of this first recording (1989) had not been published.
In exile, Eisler wrote several other chamber works
of interest to clarinetists: 2 Nonets and 2 Sepets,
14 Ways of Describing Rain (fl cl vn va vc pf) op 70
was written for Schoenberg's 70th birthday (1944?)
Nonet No 1 was intented for Steinbecks film of 'The Grapes of Wrath'
Nonet No 2 has a Mexican flavor and was written for the documentary
'The Forgotten Village' by Kline and Steinbeck.
Septet No 1 was written for 'A Child Went Forth'
Septet No 2 was based on sketches for Charlie Chaplin's film 'The Circus'
which were not used after the composer was called before the
Un-American Commission (1947)
The most approachable technically is Septet No 1 (1940)
"Variations on American Children's Songs" (fl/pic cl bn 2vn va vc)
published by Verlag Neue Musik, East Berlin, GDR, 1958, reprinted 1975
Mike Bryant
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Jim Youngman wrote 09 January 2000 02:50 Hanns Eisler
>I hope I am not repeating anything familiar to most. Last night I saw a
>documentary about the composer Hanns Eisler on TV. It included excerpts
from
>a performance of his Moment Musicale for Solo Clarinet. I found the music
>beautiful to listen to and I expect it would be difficult to play with its
>register jumps and amazing glissandos - well amazing to a novice like
>myself!
>
>There have been several requests for suggestions re 20th century solos. Is
>this one better known than I think? It should be. I am about to seek out a
>recording, if there is one.
>
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