Klarinet Archive - Posting 000268.txt from 2000/05

From: "Michael Byerly" <jjhugo@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Molly On The Shore
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:59:45 -0400

>From: "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: "Clarinet List" <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: [kl] Molly On The Shore
>Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 14:36:21 -0700
>
>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.

Yes, it's a great clarinet part. Rather insane, but a great part
nonetheless. Our especially competent clarinet section got to dazzle
audiences at various high school band competitions with that piece.
Unfortunately, it seems that just about every other section in the band has
rather mediocre parts for "Molly." Our trombone section even came up with a
rather vulgar song to sing during their long rests, one which I will not
share on this list, for fear of offending members, particularly any named
Molly. :)

-Michael Byerly
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