Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 2008/04

From: Erik Tkal <qtkal@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Schubert 8th Symphony - 3/4 or 6/8?
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:55:20 -0400

Karl Krelove wrote:
> Brahms is full of spots that conductors
> seem to like to "shape" by conducting hemiolas either within measures or
> over barlines, sometimes upsetting the tempo in the process. I often wonder:
> with whom are the conductors who do this trying to communicate?

In this case I think he's trying to help the string section, although I
think this won't help enough since there are passages where it switches
between measures quickly and where straight and hemiola are overlaid.
And I saw him "stutter" a couple of times where his motions were more
like a 2-beat, then 1-beat out of the three. And it's nowhere near as
cut and dried as West Side Story's infamous bits.

My take is that there are places where 6/8 definitely does *not* make
sense (e.g. the cello and bass intro), but there is no place where 3/4
doesn't make sense (even if you *could* think of it in 2 at that point).

Thanks for the input, we'll see if I/we can end up living with it. :-)

Forest Aten wrote:
> Erik eluded to this
> in his mention of syncopation......
>

Heh heh, I'm really not trying to elude anything... Isn't life but an
allusion? :-P

Erik

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