Klarinet Archive - Posting 000147.txt from 2011/08

From: Penny Marcus <p_marcus@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet Quintets
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:57:03 -0400

Anyone interested can listen to Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet by
Ed Marcus
on his site:
https://sites.google.com/site/edwardmarcusmusic/works

The streaming player takes a minute to load, because there are 50 tracks on
there, but
I think his quintet is well worth the wait! I may be biased here, but even
so, definitely worth
a listen :)

Enjoy!
Penny Ward Marcus

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:48 AM, michael bryant
<michaelbryant@-----.net>wrote:

> The paucity of our knowledge of clarinet quintets is just one example of
> the
> consequences of the unbalanced hegemony of music publishing. As clarinet
> specialist we might do better and find it rewarding. Maybe the availability
> of pubic domain works on the Internet will slowly change our perspective of
> repertoire in general.
>
> In the NACPWI journal (1974), Burnet Tuthill published a long, partly
> annotated list of clarinet quintets and quartets. He also wrote on music
> for
> the clarinet in Cobbett's Cyclopedia (1929). Lists of works compiled using
> Levin Wilson Foster (1940), Rendall (1954), Opperman (1960), Kroll (1965),
> Wayne Wilkins (1975), Thurston (1977) and Brixel (1979) are limited by
> their
> dates. Clarinet repertoire became digitised by Heribert Haase on CD (2001).
>
> In Clarinet & Saxophone (2003) John McFarlane published an article
> reviewing
> all the clarinet quintets known to him. Afterwards I discovered that I had
> a
> large number of quintets not on his list, a few never published or
> professionally performed, many never recorded and one officially concealed
> as a state secret. There needed to be a follow-up article, but it never
> happened.
>
> Those wishing seriously to explore the poorly illuminated corners of this
> repertoire to its limits are invited to write to me directly about their
> convictions, so that discussions can take place off-piste.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael Bryant
> 61 Oak Hill
> Surbiton UK
> KT6 6DY
>
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