Klarinet Archive - Posting 000269.txt from 2005/02

From: "David Glenn" <davidglenn@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Scaramouche again
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:55:04 -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 and interested parties,

I've been in contact with Carina Rascher and she let me know, that
everything above is correct except that she wanted to qualify the word
"flee". As Sigurd Rascher liked to put it, "The clouds were getting too
brown." I think Dan and Lelia had described it best. He was not in immediate
danger but he saw what was going on.

Ciao,
David

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