Klarinet Archive - Posting 000589.txt from 2000/09

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: RE: [kl] being expressive in Italian
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 02:40:38 -0400

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 22:25:47 -0700 (PDT), Bilwright@-----.net said:

> Tony Pay wrote:
>
> > I should say, by the way, that I don't have very high hopes for this
> > particular discussion. It's very hard to transmit verbally how one
> > might interpret 'espressivo' in this particular case. And as I say,
> > many performers don't 'show' it at all. So it can't be that
> > unequivocal.
>
> I see. Then I guess I'll take the hint and leave it alone.

Well, I didn't mean it quite like that. I meant, that you wouldn't be
likely to be convinced that the indication meant a very specific thing
in this case.

And I certainly wouldn't encourage you to 'leave it alone,' if you're a
clarinet player. After all, it's a major work, one of our few. It
sprang to mind as something that everyone here would be likely to know.

Tony
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