Klarinet Archive - Posting 000123.txt from 2004/06

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Eastern themes in western classical clarinet
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:26:31 -0400

Patricia=A0wrote:

> I'm interested in works that employ music and
> "musics" that are non-Western/non-European
> in their structure

The Griffes piece is a single short movement that uses standard western
orchestral instruments and scales without 'weird' devices such as
rubbing piano strings or extreme dissonance or any other such gimmick.
I wish it had been longer. IMO it ends too quickly, before the tale is
fully told.

Griffith was an American composer (1845-1920), and his life was tragic.
See:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/composer/griffes.html

if you're interested.

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