Klarinet Archive - Posting 000686.txt from 2004/01

From: Tony@-----.demon.co.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: [kl] Tarantelle
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:00:07 -0500

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 07:14:58 -0800, leeson0@-----.net said:

> Don Yungkurth wrote:
>
> > This may not be strictly "chamber", but a great work for flute, clarinet
> > and piano is "Tarantelle", Op. 6, by Saint-Saens. There is an orchestral
> > version, so I assume the trio is a reduction. It uses the "A" clarinet.
> >
> > Don Yungkurth
>
> Bravo to you Don, for suggesting this. It is such a delightful and
> merry piece, though it works far less well with piano, as you said.

A remarkable fact about this piece -- or rather, about Saint-Saens -- is that
the Tarantelle antedates the Sonata for clarinet and piano by 70 years:-)

Tony
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