Klarinet Archive - Posting 000459.txt from 2003/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Boufil vs. Bouffil vs. Bouffill
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:53:52 -0400

This surname is from the Occitan-speaking area of France, and, thinking
etymologically, one might expect the spelling "Boufilh".
However, this isn't very French, and there are probably several established
ways of spelling it in French. How did the chap in question spell it himself, though?
Roger S.

In message <001501c3466c$5c6d8700$bbb0dec2@-----.org writes:
> This is an old posting, but it has not attracted much response.
> I have a poor track-record as a speller, so I should be sympathetic.
>
> It would be a honour for me to sit in Jim's chamber music class
> but I would not miss the opportunity to use the wider resources
> of the university library. Let's try a few French language and
> contemporary sources:
> Fetis!! One spelling
> Next, are there any theses on Reicha (Rejcha)? Yes!
> Millard Myron Laing, University of Michigan, 1952!" One spelling
> Recommended reading:
> Jean Mongredien: French Music from the Enlightenment to Romanticism,
> 1789-1830, Amadeus Press, Portland, Oregon 1996. In English.
> (Mr B is not mentioned but everyone else is.)
> Next, we need to know a lot more about Jules Jacques B than
> how to spell his name. [Pamela Weston gives 4 spellings in MCVP,
> but does not highlight the one used by Fetis and Laing]
> His teacher: Lefevre 1804-
> His Prizes: 1807, 1808 see Fetis
> Date of appointment as professor: Not appointed
> Played at the Paris Opera: 1818
> Played at the Opera Comique: 2nd to Duvernoy and co-1st 1807-, 1st in 1821
> Played at Feydeau Theatre: nil
> Played in the Chapel of Louis VXIII: nil
> Played in the Orchestra of Louis Philippe: nil
> Played at the Italian Theatre: nil
> Played at the Theatre Favart: the quintets
> List on compositions:
> Op 1 Suite of National Airs fl 2cl 2hn 2bn
> Op 2 Duos 2cl
> Op 3 Duos 2cl
> Op 4
> Op 5 Duos 2cl
> Op 6
> Op 7 Trios 3cl (3)
> Op8 Trios 3cl (3)
> Op 9
> Op 10
> Op11
> Op 12 Clarinet Trios (3)
>
> MB
>
> Blake Arrington wrote on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:30 PM
> Subject: [kl] Boufil vs. Bouffil vs. Bouffill
>
>
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I am currently taking Dr. James Gillespie's Clarinet Chamber Music class
> at
> > UNT. We've come across a question that I hope some of you will be able to
> > answer. Has the name Boufil been misspelled, or are there more than one?
> > Pamela Weston lists Jacques Jules Boufil. Drushler's "The Clarinet: It's
> > Evolution, Literature, and Artists lists Composer Boufil and later in his
>
> > Classic Chamber Literature list he mentions trios written by Bouffil.
> > Is this just a misprint? I have also noticed in a few of his published
> > duets, the name is spelled Bouffil on one and Boufil on the trios.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated,
> >
> >
> >
> > J. Blake Arrington
> > Graduate Student--University of North Texas
> > Principal Clarinet--Opera in the Ozarks
> > Principal Bass & Eb Clarinet--Irving Symphony Orchestra
> >
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