Klarinet Archive - Posting 000614.txt from 2002/07

From: "Michael Bryant" <michael@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Scholarly Research in English Clarinet Music
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 10:09:01 -0400

Irish history is a touchy subject for some (not with me, I'm a mongrel)
Ireland became a part of the United Kingdom 1 Jan 1801
Independence for the south was declared April 1916
Dominion status 6 December 1921
Irish Free State (Eire) declared 6 December 1922
New constitution with full sovereignty 29 December 1937
Formal ties with Commonwealth ended 18 April 1949

Therefore, who was British as well as Irish?:
John Field, George Osborne, CV Stanford, Charles Wood, etc.

I remember that the Catalogue of Works by Contemporary
Irish Composers 1973 stated in the preface that: "the accuracy
of the information provided cannot be guaranteed since it was
contributed, in some cases, by the composers themselves".

MB
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Joseph Wakeling wrote on Monday, July 22, 2002 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Scholarly Research in English Clarinet Music

> << Stanford, according to Grove, is considered an "English" composer for
all
> intents and purposes. >>
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> This is just the old (and arrogant) assumption that "English" @-----.
> If Stanford was born and raised in Ireland, he's Irish. The fact that he
> helped sow the seeds of a distinct compositional style in England doesn't
> change that! (Not to mention his use of Irish folk music in his
> compositions.) ;-)
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> Some other names which might be worth looking at include Arnold Cooke,
> Richard Rodney Bennett, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Gordon Jacob; players
> include Henry Lazarus (19th century - he also composed), Charles [?]
Draper
> (early 20th) and Frederick Thurston.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> -- Joe
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