Klarinet Archive - Posting 000133.txt from 2007/03

From: feanor33@-----.net
Subj: [kl] Stravinsky's "Three Pieces" (was: [kl] Kell)
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:24:32 -0500

Here's an interesting aspect of the 'strict adherance' idea (btw, Stravinsky was quoted as saying that musical notation was a precise science, not an art and I know some anecdotes that support it).
This idea is by way of Stanley Hasty. In the middle portion of the second movement, you have a low E 1/8note followed by a D# 1/16note and a 1/16note rest(ignoring the non-rhythmically valued grace note). If you look at the top of the movement he states very clearly that an eighth note is worth THREE sixteenth notes. That means the low E is worth THREE sixteenths, followed by one Sixteenth (D#) and a Sixteenth note rest - making FIVE sixteenth notes. This means that the figure is in 5/16, NOT 2/4 as is often played. The lopsided nature of this interpretation is sure interesting.

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Sean
www.osbornmusic.com

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