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Author: John
Date: 1999-12-20 14:43
I am trying to get information about Michel Yost(1754-88), a clarinettist and composer in Paris. He was famous at the time, but is pretty unknown now. Any ideas?
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Author: Meri
Date: 1999-12-21 16:48
Check Pamela Weston's Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past and More Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past. (I know it's in one of those two books, not sure which one). Also check a good music CD-ROM index--there may be articles on him in certain periodicals.
I also have some information on him on the bottom of my version of his Rondo from his Concerto no. 12, which I do not have on hand. Look for this Concerto, and if your university music library does not have it, I can send you the information by email. Note I will not get back to you until about January 3.
Meri
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Author: Meri
Date: 1999-12-21 20:35
Check the CD-ROM, "The Music Index." My search came up with three articles. Your university music library, especially if it is a medium to large one, should have this music research tool. (and if they don't, request that they get it. It is extremely helpful, especially on performers that are quite obscure.)
Meri
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Author: Hans
Date: 1999-12-21 21:00
A rather recently issued CD (1997) is dedicated to 4 clarinet concertos by Michel Yost! The booklet is very informative and written by Dieter Klocker, also the soloist. It is a german clarinettist playing on superb older german instruments (Oskar Oehler (A), Ludwig Warschewsky (B) and Herbert Wurlitzer (C).
The label is MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm), number MDG 301 0718-2, see also their website (German).
I hope that this information is helpful to you.
Hans
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-12-21 23:39
From Records International Catalog
http://www.recordsinternational.com/RICatalogJuly97.html :
MICHÉL YOST (1754-1786): Clarinet Concertos Nos. 7-9 & 11.
Michèl Yost was a famous clarinettist who worked in France but he did not write these concertos. The composer is really Johann Christoph Vogel (1756-1788), who published them under Yost's name to secure more easy acceptance. Three of the concertos are in the standard three movements -
fast - moderate and final rondo while the fourth has only two: a melodious adagio and the ubiquitous rondo. Bursting with virtuosity and high spirits, they define Parisian tastes of the period. Dieter Klöcker (clarinet), Prague Chamber Orchestra MD&G 3010718 (Germany) 07-015 $19.98
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I love Klöcker's playing, but his "new finds" in general tend to be very speculative and do not stand up to any rigorous peer review (he does not allow his "finds" to be studied by scholars). I don't know if these fell into that category.
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Author: John
Date: 1999-12-22 00:46
thanks to all for the information. I will pursue those sources. I have a copy of the new CD by Klocker and it is quite good. Actually Klocker says in the notes that while Vogel did the scores, he collaborated closely with Yost who, I suppose, had the basic tunes and virtuoso ideas. Yost apparently didn't have the ability to put it together in good musical form. As to the reliability of the scholarship for Klocker's versions, I couldn't say, except they sound very much like the Yost concerto in Bb I obtained in manuscript form from the Vienna library some years back. Not the same concerto, however.
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Author: barry
Date: 1999-12-25 12:52
In the Cambridge Clarinet Companion, Jo Rees-Davies writes concerning the 18th century French school:
"Michel Yost, frequently known simply as Michel, was another public favorite. According to Fétis, Yost had a talent for melody but had not studied composition: he would make a rough sketch of the melody and the requisite decorations, and his friend Vogel would provide the harmonies and orchestration. Whowever was responsible, Yost's compositions, which include several concertos and a number of duos and other works for the instrument, were deservedly popular."
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