Klarinet Archive - Posting 000532.txt from 2002/09

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stravinsky and Petroushka
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 19:52:25 -0400

Dan,

I do agree with you on most of it. I have never played
Petroushka in orchestra, but was referring to David Niethamer's
assessment of the ease of play of the original A part in
contrast to the less easy Bb part substituted in the new
arrangement.

Here is the link about his comments...

http://www.woodwind.org/Databases/Logs/2002/09/000493.txt

I was asserting that if the part was ORIGINALLY in A, then
Stravinsky wanted it that way at one point. He could have
changed his mind, but I am not sure he would not have
specifically have chosen to make the part significantly MORE
difficult in a later edition, if there wasn't another reason,
since making it more difficult would effect the execution, and a
bad execution isn't good for color palate either, if it has
finger glitches in it. Also, the original A part is usually
included with the new edition, in addition to the Bb part, per
David Niethamer in that posting.

I was just making suppositions from the postings of people who
have played it, not from my own personal experience, either with
Stravinsky, nor with Petrouska in orchestra.

I do still want to know what you think of D clarinet parts and
their common Eb transposition...

please?????

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net> wrote:
> You are of course, quite correct that the conversation began
> with the
> matter of a transcription. But from that point, it leaped off
> in all
> directions and that is what I was trying to address as I think
> you
> agree.
>
> But then you wrote:
>
> "In both cases, I would definitely use the A clarinet since it
> facilitates the piece better. I believe Stravinsky WANTED the
> A
> clarinet in Petroushka originally, and if it is easier, all
> the
> more reason."
>
> For what it is worth, which is probably nothing, I don't think
> that the
> use of the A clarinet facilitates the piece in any significant
> way, and
> I have no way to know what you mean by easier. From my
> perspective that
> passage was easy on a B-flat clarinet. Furthermore, what
> evidence do you
> have that supports your belief about what Stravinsky wanted?
> In what
> book or collection of Stravinsky's thoughts is that assertion
> made? What
> you are doing is signing your speculation with Stravinsky's
> name so as
> to give it the credibility that I don't believe it should
> have.
>
> --
> ***************************
> ** Dan Leeson **
> ** leeson0@-----.net **
> ***************************

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