Klarinet Archive - Posting 000190.txt from 2001/12

From: klarinet <klarinet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Nielsen Clarinet Concerto
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:28:37 -0500

Nielsen did indeed use key signatures and his mode of writing has been
called "progressive tonality". That is the use of key changes to provide the
forward impetus of a piece. An example would be his First Symphony which
begins in the key of G minor - but ends ultimately in C major!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bear Woodson" <bearwoodson@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Nielsen Clarinet Concerto

> Hello, Klarinet List.
>
> I just love the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto. Talk about
> a work with gorgeous "Bent Tonal" Harmonies! It has
> been about 25 years since I looked at his Clarinet Con-
> certo, or any of his symphonic scores. Did Nielsen use
> Key Signatures? I just don't remember.
>
> The late works of Wagner, Strauß and Mahler use
> Key Signatures, but the music is so chromatic that it
> has the effect of changing keys, sometimes as often as
> every few beats (at least in some spots in late Wagner).
> Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) goes a few steps beyond
> them, as he should, but due to all the chromaticism,
> many composers in those days stopped using Key
> Signatures, and would just use chromatics in front of
> the notes. I do. Does anyone know if Nielsen used
> Key Signature?
>
>
> Bear Woodson
> Composer, Tucson, Arizona, USA
> "Bear Woodson" <BearWoodson@-----.Com>
> "Bear Woodson" <BearWoodson@-----.Com>
>
>
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