Klarinet Archive - Posting 000874.txt from 2001/06

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mahler Symphony No. 1
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 01:48:24 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Wright [mailto:Bilwright@-----.net]
>
>
> At the beginning of Mahler Symphony No. 1, there is a high pitched and
> ppp "drone" (if "drone" is the correct word for a higher pitched but
> steady sound).
>
> What instrumentation is it?
>
> Thank you,
> Bill Wright

It isn't just high pitched... It is the entire string section in octaves
from the lowest basses to the violins way up. Everybody is on the note "A"
and each string section is divided into 3 to get more range mixed in... I
heard somebody give a lecture on the similarity of this to the beginning of
Beethoven's 9th.

The downward 4ths that the woodwinds play set up thematic material for the
rest of the symphony.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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