Klarinet Archive - Posting 000360.txt from 2000/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] 3/4/5 - Brahms Sonata No. 2
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 17:00:29 -0500

At 08:36 AM 11/7/2000 -0800, William Wright wrote:
> Measure 10 of the first movement in Brahms Sonata No. 2 is: (a) a
>quarter note, (b) followed by two groups of beamed sixteenth notes, (c)
>followed by a quintuplet.
> Is it clear that Brahms' intention for the quintuplet was: (a) five
>notes squeezed down into the duration of a quarter note; or (b) the
>measure should be played in a steady sixteenth-note rhythm, thereby
>adding an extra sixteenth note to the measure, but the audience doesn't
>see the printed page, so they aren't bothered by the slight notational
>error; or (c) the performers can do whichever they wish, so long as they
>do it together?

Definitely (a).

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