Klarinet Archive - Posting 000569.txt from 2002/07

From: "Robert" <LetsReason@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Scholarly Research in English Clarinet Music
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 13:32:41 -0400

<<Posting using your full name might be a good start.>> [Gary Van Cott]

Robert Andrew Moody is my full name. I can be reached at
Robert@-----.edu or
LetsReason@-----. I am currently working on my Doctor of Musical
Arts in Clarinet Performance at Shenandoah University in Winchester,
Virginia, USA. Dr. Stephen Keith Johnston is the clarinet professor here
that is guiding me through my studies. His DMA work was on Louis Spohr and
has, over the years, developed a keen interest in England and Charles
Villiers Stanford.

I am thirty-three years old, five-foot nine inches tall and weigh one
hundred and sixty-five pounds. I have brown hair and brown eyes and am of
Italian and English decent.

But enough about me...

Thanks for your help and suggestion.

<<English? Stanford was Irish, but Germanic in style and influence.>>

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) was born and raised in Dublin,
Ireland. He studied with Carl Reinecke in Leipzig and Friedrich Kiel in
Berlin. Stanford was key in establishing the "English Style" through his
influence on his students and was a major player in bringing about the
"English Renaissance" in the late 19th century.

Stanford, according to Grove, is considered an "English" composer for all
intents and purposes.

<<Finzi's family was Italian/Sephardic.>>

Gerald Raphael Finzi was born in London and died in Oxford. There are few
examples of more quintessentially "English" composers. One's lineage does
not necessarily imply a categorical placement into compositional style or
their historical import. Finzi was English wherein his personal life and
music are concerned. Finzi was an "English" composer.

<<Arnold is English.>>

Thank god.

<<Three stylistically divergent composers.>>

Ah, the beauty of English music. Eh?

I certainly appreciate the quiz, but would like to move on to a more direct
conversation about needs in research concerning English clarinet music and,
more specifically, about these composers. I'm not exactly sure why the
validity of my questions/information and need for my last name have become
the topic of responses in lieu of the questions themselves.

Is there anyone who is knowledgeable in the area of my questions AND who is
willing to offer suggestions concerning them? From my experience on this
list before, I was often pleased to find people who had first hand knowledge
and experience with a wide variety of topics clarinet. I know that this
area of study (English clarinet works) is lacking compared to let's say the
Mozart Clarinet Concerto, but are there no authorities in this area on this
list?

<<For other theses - some on British subjects - it might me helpful to look
at UMI's lists and visit Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology-Online at:
www.music.indiana.edu/ A search on 'clarinet' last week provided 77
replies, three of British topics.>>

I certainly appreciate this reference. I was not aware of it and I will
spend more time perusing it. The same number of (77) replies came back at
me for a simple search of "clarinet" in the keywords. If you know of other
sources of scholarly works in this area that I can search online, I would
certainly appreciate those references as well.

Thanks for your help.

Robert Andrew Moody

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