Klarinet Archive - Posting 000209.txt from 2007/03

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Berio multiphonic fingerings
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:17:15 -0400

Tony Pay wrote:
> Could you give the reference, for those of us who are quite happy with the
> 'old' directions? Better, tell us what the substance of the 'examination'
> and 'discussion' was?

Sure. I didn't have my copy of New Directions handy when I was writing
that first email.

I'm not familiar with the dissertation itself but here's what Philip
Rehfeldt says in citing it.

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Sanderson, Roy Victor. "Luciano Berio's use of the clarinet in Sequenza
IXa." Master of Arts thesis, California State University, Long Beach,
1986. A careful analysis, based on interviews with the composer, of
temporal, dynamic, and pitch factors, pointing out the importance of
polyphonic listening, the "sequence" (9th-10th century) nature of the
melismatic figuration, and the overall "harmonic" structure of the
discourse. The work also clarifies the problem of the multiphonics
using the low Eb key, suggesting "reasonable substitution" as the best
alternative.
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