Klarinet Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2009/09

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music I did not know
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:09:40 -0400

According to this page, the strings are violin, cello and double bass.
You were close.
http://imslp.org/wiki/Septet_for_Piano,_Winds_and_Strings,_Op.25_%28Ries,_Ferdinand%29

Gary
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Dan Leeson wrote:
> One of my favorite combinations to play was the Beethoven Septet, which
> led to the Berwald Septet, the Spohr octet and nonet, and of course,
> the Schubert octet. Terrific pieces, every one.
>
> So I was surprised to hear a work of a similar instrumentation about
> which I knew nothing. Never heard it, never heard of it.
>
> I speak of the Grand Septet by Ferdinand Ries for piano, winds, and
> strings. Lovely piece. The instruments were not named and I was
> listening over the radio, but it seemed to me that the winds were a
> clarinet and two horns, while the strings were a violin, viola, and
> cello. But that is just my guess from hearing the work.
>
> Charming piece. Music in the Beethoven style. I understand that Ries
> studied with Beethoven.
>
> And of course, that leads to a request for Ries pieces! For those who
> do not know about Ries pieces, they were the candies that were used to
> lure the space alien out of his seclusion in the movie E.T.
>
> Dan Leeson
> dnleeson@-----.net
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