Klarinet Archive - Posting 000272.txt from 2003/11

From: <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Introduction
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:29:29 -0500

John Pappas, new member, wrote:
goes:
> My name is John Pappas, and I am a Greek folk musician. I >play Albert system clarinet (we call it klarino), and my >favorite instruments are my Buffet C and A clarinets and my >Jean Marbeau Bb. We mainly play the C clarinets though.
> If anyone ever has any questions about Greek folk music, >please feel free to ask. The "Klarino" is the main >instrument for mainland folk music in most areas (has been >since its introduction to Greece about 1835).

Welcome to klarinet, John.

The use of the clarinet/clarino in folk musics of different cultures is of a good deal of interest to me. Does your group record? Do you have any particular recordings of Greek folk music you highly recommend? Also, as I'm going back to grad school in a bit, I'm also interested from a scholarly point of view. Not sure what good sources are (in English or French, those are the languages I read) for research into Greek folk music and its overall development.

At any rate, speaking for myself, I look forward to reading your posts!

Patricia Smith

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