Klarinet Archive - Posting 000615.txt from 2005/06

From: David Niethamer <niethamer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: "Arpeggione" Sonata
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:11:27 -0400


On Jun 27, 2005, at 7:56 PM, David Blumberg wrote:

> I have the Korody Kreutzer edition and like that one the most (I have
> 3 editions of it). It has the octaves placed like I would imagine that
> the composer would have wanted it.

Uh, David, no need to imagine. The Complete Schubert Edition shows
exactly which octave Schubert intended. The solo part is very carefully
written to fit with the tessitura of the piano part. Many clarinet
transcriptions (including Bellison's) take long passages up an octave
to make it sound more "clarinetty" (technical term!!).

Also, I looked at the URL that Mark posted re: Arpeggione. Very
informative, including a long discussion of the original articulations
vs. articulations in various editions (for bass, but the idea is the
same), and how those changes of articulation change the character of
the music, and not for the better.

David

David B. Niethamer
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/index.html

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