Klarinet Archive - Posting 000502.txt from 2001/09

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Accompaniment vs. duet
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:24:59 -0400

On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:35:08 -0700 (PDT), Bilwright@-----.net said:

> So my question has to do with what is written on paper: Is there a
> particular method of instruction or marking or 'cue' that gives an
> experienced player direction in this regard even though it does say
> specifically "This is accompaniment" or "This is supposed to be the
> major statement" or "Play this to balance the statement by <some other
> instrument or section>"?

Schoenberg, his pupil Berg and some other composers used a system of
marking passages with the two signs:
____ __ ____ __
H ¦ and N ¦

....called 'Hauptstimme' and 'Nebenstimme' respectively. The first
meant 'leading voice' and the second 'secondary voice'.

This is not often done nowadays. In the Poulence sonata for 2
clarinets, Poulenc writes at one point, 'en dehors', when he wants the A
clarinet to stand out. Other often used words are 'hervortretend' and
'begleitend'. I suppose the Italian equivalents might be 'solo' and
'accompagnando'.

You're allowed to use English words, of course:-)

Tony
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