Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 2000/10

From: Shouryunus Sarcasticii <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Molto Difficile
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:06:16 -0400

On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Neil Leupold wrote:

> --- "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu> wrote:
> > I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Nielsen Concerto. No piece of cake,
> > according to most clarinetists I know who have played it, or tried to do so.
>
> Certainly a challenge, yes, but not as much so as the Corigliano, IMO.

I was told that the Nielsen was considered by many to be the hardest
clarinet solo work for a while...UNTIL the Corigliano came along in...what
was it, '73?

(I wasn't around then, so of course I don't remember, doy! *smirk*)

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"Never put passion before principle. Even when win, you lose."
-Miyagi-san, KKpt.II

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