Klarinet Archive - Posting 000365.txt from 2005/11

From: Fred <fred.sheim@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] beyond Rubank
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 13:55:17 -0500

Was this piece written by THE Mendelssohn. I had heard it was
written by his sister (or perhaps wife).

Fred

At 01:51 PM 11/26/2005, you wrote:
>GBK,
>
>I don't think that I am the right person to grade Mendelssohn and
>there for I try to help my students to learn as much as possible
>from that poor piece. The second movement has a very nice melody
>and the first can be used to learn how to play a long tone, a
>cadentza, listen to piano and many things about style. I forgive
>Mendelssohn for being young.
>
>Sarah
>
>
> > -------Original Message-------
> > From: klarinet <klarinet@-----.net>
> > Subject: Re: [kl] beyond Rubank
> > Sent: 26 Nov '05 17:38
> >
> > sarah elbaz said:
> >
> > "...The Mendelssohn Sonate..."
> >
> >
> > The Mendelssohn Sonata is one of the worst pieces, by a major
> composer, ever
> > written for the clarinet.
> >
> > As it didn't leave a lasting impression with the public, that
> may have much
> > to do with the reason it was never published during
> Mendelssohn's lifetime.
> >
> > Funny thing....no one seemed to miss it.
> >
> > It's strictly a teenage work of some historical interest, but with little
> > substantial musical value.
> >
> > I let my Junior High kids play it, but only as a curiosity to
> show the work
> > of a composer who was their age when he wrote it.
> >
> > BTW - A good follow up to the Rubank Elementary method(before getting into
> > more substantial clarinet methodology) is the Supplementary Studies for
> > Clarinet (Endresen), also published by Rubank.
> >
> > Glenn B Kantor (GBK)
> > Principal Clarinet - The Sound Symphony
> > http://www.soundsymphony.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
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