Klarinet Archive - Posting 000808.txt from 2000/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Rest
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:50:33 -0500

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:24:29 -0500, agalper@-----.com said:

> Can someone explain why at the END of the second movement of the
> Stravinsky 3 pieces, there is a 1/16th rest?

Hi Abe!

I'd always thought it was to make it clear that the previous note had a
specific length, and I'd always thought that that meant, not too *long*.

I don't know what status you'd accord the following argument, but:

It seems to me that the outer parts of the second movement could be
thought of as the search for a note to believe in. 'D' is the first
contender, in the first third of the movement, then 'G', 'F', and 'G'.
Then 'C', and then 'G'.

When we get back to the search, in the last third of the movement, we
seem to settle on 'G' -- but only till the last phrase, where
inexplicably, we settle on the 'E', and then disappear, without so much
as a 'by your leave'. (She eloped with the gardener.)

I quite like the 'surprises' at the end of all of the movements.
Interestingly, the MS has the last movement without pause on the throat
Bb, and a crescendo to the top Bb.

But Stravinsky changed that, so that all three movements end
unexpectedly.

Tony
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