Klarinet Archive - Posting 000056.txt from 2004/11

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Balance
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:58:20 -0500

Tony, you are correct. He said that. But the context in which it
was stated is important.

He had written two great pieces for winds, Opus 4 and Opus 7,
when he was about 17 or so. Later in life when he wrote his two
big opus posthumous wind symphonies (The Happy Workshop and the
Invalid's Workshop) he was employing a much larger band; i.e.,
from two clarinets to five, from no flute to two, etc.

But I don't know if that statement has much meaning outside of
the particular specific that he had in mind when he made the
statement.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Pay [mailto:tony.p@-----.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:39 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Balance

Balance is more to do with playing style than it is to do with
instrumental
weight.

Richard Strauss said:

"Single woodwinds against four horns is impossible."

I think he was wrong. (He just didn't have good enough horn
players;-)

Still, it made him write wonderful parts for the clarinet players
in the
Sonatina and Wind Symphony.

Tony
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