Klarinet Archive - Posting 000215.txt from 2001/09
From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Eingang Definition
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 04:43:14 -0400
Dan -
Thank you for answering the previously asked question regarding the Eingang
definition. You did what I had hoped some musicologist on the list would do
in response to my short quote definition from the pocket dictionary. I make
no pretense of being a musicologist or theorist - I just play and study
clarinet for my own sense of accomplishment - and maybe to avoid senility or
Alzheimer's. The more I practice, the faster my mind works.
You other old guys and gals out there who only play occasionally might take
note. I recommend practicing 2 to 3 hours a day to avoid the nursing home.
Hope it works.
Gene Nibbelin
73 years young.
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From: Daniel Leeson [mailto:leeson0@-----.net]
Subject: Re: [kl] Eingang Definition
Gene, an eingang is a great deal more than an introduction, though it is
that, too. It serves several purposes, one of which is a graceful exit
from the previous material.
The common thread of all engange (German plural) is that they are almost
always requested by two simultaneous musical devices: (1) a dominant 7th
chord, and (2) a fermata. There are also cases in which there is a
tempo change about to occur at the conclusion of the eingang. These
things are distinct from a cadenza in which the chord is a tonic in the
2nd inversion accompanied by a fermata.
A perfect example of an eingang is the transition in K. 581's last
movement as the Adagio variation concludes and makes the transition to
the Allegro conclusion.
Furthermore, the party requested to create the eingang is the one who
will have the melodic line after it is over.
Third, the purpose of the eingang is to allow a graceful transition from
the dominant 7th chord to the tonic.
While "introduction" is not an erroneous description, the term "lead in"
serves a slightly broader picture since it reflects from where you have
come as much as it does to where you are going.
It was presumed that the person executing the eingang would improvise
that transition, ending up on the 2nd or 7th of the scale which allowed
direct connection to the tonic chord about to be heard. While there are
no strict rules about the length of an eingang, it was expected to be
short, 10-15 notes being an outside length.
Another good example of an eingang is the one in the c minor serenade,
last movement, where the material changes from a minor key to a major
one. There, however, it is the oboe who executes the eingang because
that instrument has the solo line in the beginning of the final allegro.
There are three eingange in K. 622 and two in K. 581. There are no
cadenzas in either work (not that you said so, in any case).
Dan Leeson
Gene Nibbelin wrote:
>
> Shirmer "Pocket Manual of Musical Terms" defines eingang simply as
> "Introduction". Seems reasonable.
>
> Gene Nibbelin
>
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