Klarinet Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 2009/10

From: Thomas Carroll <tcarroll303@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beethoven Op. 11 clarinet trio
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:57:36 -0400

Joseph Bähr (1770-1819) was the clarinetist the piece was written for.
He's also the clarinetist that requested the third movement be a set of
variations on Weigl's opera theme hence the handle "Gassenhauer" trio.

~TC

Curtis Bennett wrote:
> Why does that matter?
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> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:
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>> Curtiss, the notes were excellent but I still do not know the name of the
>> clarinetist that played the first performance. Perhaps that information is
>> no longer known.
>>
>> Dan Leeson
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curtis Bennett"
>> <curtis.bennett@-----.com>
>> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [kl] Beethoven Op. 11 clarinet trio
>>
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>> http://agonpianotrio.com/page13.htm
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>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:
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>>> Does anyone have some information about the party for whom Beethoven wrote
>>> the first of the two clarinet trios, Op. 11. (The other trio is an
>>> arrangement of the septet, but that does not interest me here).
>>>
>>> The best of all possible worlds would be the full name, dates of birth and
>>> death, and an image of some sort.
>>>
>>> Kind thanks,
>>>
>>> Dan Leeson
>>>
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>> Curtis Bennett
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