Klarinet Archive - Posting 000360.txt from 2002/11

From: Eric James <eric.james@-----.ca>
Subj: [kl] rchduke Rudolph Septet
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:41:31 -0500

Hello,

I came across the following today:

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Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Earliest works for the A clarinet?

Yes! Shame on me. Thanks for the reminder.
I have a copy of the Steiner edition of Archduke Rudolph's Sonata 1821-2

I have only a recording of Rudolph's Septet...
Beethoven began to teach Rudolph to play the piano in about 1804
Compositions lessons followed a little later in 1809
Thank for these. Spohr's late Septet also uses the A clarinet
MB

Don Yungkurth wrote on Monday, July 22, 2002 4:18 PM
Subject: [kl] Re: Earliest works for the A clarinet?

> Also, the sonata, Op. 2, by Archduke Rudolph of Austria, uses the A
> clarinet. His dates are 1788 - 1831. According to notes with Ricardo
> Morales' recording, it was published in 1822 but written some ten
years
> earlier. He also uses clarinet in his septet in e minor. I would
suspect
> this uses A clarinet (in 2 flats) rather than Bb (in 3 sharps).
>
> Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)

May I just say that Archduke Rudolph never wrote a Septet in e minor.
The work in question was written in 1850. Rudolph died in 1831.
Moreover, the manuscript score and parts are in a handwriting completely
different from Rudolph's. The work remains "Anonymous". It is,
however, very fine and deserves to be better known.

Eric James

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