Klarinet Archive - Posting 000225.txt from 2005/02

From: "David Glenn" <davidglenn@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Scaramouche again
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:19:08 -0500

> On 6 Dec, "David Glenn" <davidglenn@-----.net> wrote:
>
> > Tony Pay wrote:
> >
> > > On 4 Dec, "davidglenn" <davidglenn@-----.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Tony Pay wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The story I have is that it was an arrangement, listed as being
> for
> > > > > two pianos, of some of the incidental music Milhaud had written
> for a
> > > > > children's play by Vildrac (after Moliere) called 'Le Medecin
> > > > > Volant'. This play was first performed at the Theatre Scaramouche
> in
> > > > > Paris in 1937 -- hence perhaps the title of the piece.
> > > > >
> > > > > How the saxophone comes into the story I don't know. Might it
> have
> > > > > been a significant part of the original instrumentation (cf La
> > > > > Creation du Monde, 1923)? Perhaps someone else has more details.
> > > >
> > > > Scaramouche was written for Sigurd Rascher in 1939. Here's what I
> hear
> > > > from Carina Rascher: She tells me that her father Sigurd was forced
> to
> > > > emmigrate from Germany in 1939 and for his protection, an obituary
> was
> > > > published. Otherwise, he was afraid the Nazis would chase him down.
> > > > Milhaud had written Scaramouche originally for Mr. Rascher as a
> > > > saxophone solo with orchestra but upon seeing the obituary, made a
> new
> > > > version for two pianos. It wasn't until 1952 in Aspen, Colorado that
> > > > Rascher met Milhaud again where the composer was conducting at a
> > > > festival.
> > >
> > > Whether this is true awaits final corroboration, but it's not what
> > > appears in Grove, and at least one other source has it round the other
> > > way.
> >
> > I'll forward this to Carina Rascher and see what she can tell us about
> it.
> >
> > David
>
> What happened about this?
>
> Tony
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hi Tony,
I've been behind in my mails. I'll contact Carina again and see if she would
like to say more.
David

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