Klarinet Archive - Posting 000264.txt from 2000/05

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Molly On The Shore
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:28:06 -0400

Percy did not like to use "non Anglo saxon words." Those were his exact
words to me when I asked him about it. He was a genuine eccentric and
this is one of the ways that it manifested itself.

Dan Leeson

Tim Roberts wrote:
>
> Our community band is currently "experiencing" Grainger's Molly On The Shore.
> What a fabulous clarinet part! I have the luxury of playing with a gentleman
> who blends beautifully with me. It is so energizing to get through that piece
> and know that we've played it, and played it well. I am looking forward to
> performing it.
>
> If any of you younger players would like a work out in staccato playing, this
> is a piece you should request from your director.
>
> I find it fascinating that Grainger chose to eschew the traditional Italian
> completely in his notatin. Markings such as "louden lots" and "slow up a
> little" make every bit as much sense as "molto crescendo" and "poco
> ritardando", but we're just not used to seeing them written that way. Even the
> piccolo part is actually written as "small flute".
>
> --
> - Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
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