Klarinet Archive - Posting 000441.txt from 2004/04

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Checking the clarinet part with the piano score
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 04:23:15 -0400

In message <001001c42cf4$529a68f0$220018ac@wakeling>
"Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net> wrote:

> But there are two things in particular that make me think it should be a
> quaver, not a crotchet.
>
> (i) it makes a better "metric modulation" to the fast 5/8 which is one bar
> = 69.
>
> (ii) there's a point late in the second movement where the opening theme
> recurs, transposed, with the notes having "whole bar" lengths. At the 5/8
> tempo this is "note = 69", which is the same speed as the opening *if we
> take the opening tempo to be quaver = 69*.

Yup, the knockdown argument, if you've ever considered crotchet = 69 as even
possible.

> However I'm willing to be persuaded that this is me just thinking I "know
> better than the composer what he wanted". ;-)

That's too generous of you. What you have to say in this particular case is
that even if he really wanted what's printed, he was *wrong*.

Ain't no rules in this game, Joe.

Tony
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