Klarinet Archive - Posting 000108.txt from 2007/07

From: Don Yungkurth <chalumeau@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Il Convegno
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:48:05 -0400

Dan Leeson Wrote:

>> Il Covegno is a work that appears suddenly to have come from
>> nowhere. I can't remember a single performance of the
>> composition until perhaps a decade ago. Is this charming work a
>> new discovery?
>>
>> It is clear that rediscovered old works are coming into the
>> repertoire more and more frequently, so when did Il Covegno
>> arrive and who is the person to whom we should be indebted for
>> having dragged it out of some dusty archive or library?
>>
>> A search on the www came up with 1000 hits but only the first 10
>> had anything of real importance and not one of those spoke of the
>> origin of the work. David Hite did an arrangement in San Antonio
>> in 1991 and one player gave a master class in Italy with it (and
>> the Mendelssohn concertpieces) more recently.
>>
>> Where did this work come from? He or she should get a prize.
>>
>> Dan Leeson
>> DNLeeson@-----.net

I have copies of "Il Convegno" for two clarinets and piano published by
Carl Fischer (NY) in 1913, so it was likely published earlir in Italy.
It is also in a book (undated) of duets published by Cundy-Bettoney
that I've had since the 40's or 50's. Certainly not a new discovery.

Don Yungkurth

------------------------------------------------------------------