Klarinet Archive - Posting 000366.txt from 2005/11

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?sarah=20elbaz?=" <sarah@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] beyond Rubank
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 13:59:17 -0500

As far as I know it is a viola sonate that has a clarinet version, but maybe I am wrong.

> -------Original Message-------
> From: Fred <fred.sheim@-----.net>
> Subject: Re: [kl] beyond Rubank
> Sent: 26 Nov '05 18:53
>
> 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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