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Author: shep
Date: 2004-11-20 21:46
Hey Guys! I have to write a paper doing a style analysis of the Weber clarinet concerto no.1. Anyone know where I can get some good information? Help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Ashley
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Author: LeWhite
Date: 2004-11-21 02:48
Wow GBK, so helpful...
Shep, try Google, and try libraries. Both are surefire ways to get plenty of info.
Also, if this is a style analysis, then you'll want to be researching Weber's operas, and Romantic period, as well as the Concerto/Sonata form, just to point you in some very broad general directions.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-11-21 03:01
LeWhite wrote:
> Wow GBK, so helpful...
Actually, that was quite helpful. Considering that anyone can put up a web site filled with unchecked spurious facts and banal analysis, the web would be the last place I would look.
Any problem with a research project? See your friendly reference librarian.
I'm certain that the first book you will be pointed towards will be John Warrack's definitive biography of Weber ...GBK (whose advanced degree was in Music History)
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Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2004-11-21 03:53
Do you have any recordings of the piece? CD Booklets can be very informative (sometimes), and are usually written by reputable people (or at least the performer). You might look in the Cambridge Companion for the Clarinet. I don't know if the Weber 1 is specifically mentioned, but I know there is a section that discusses the central rep (for which the Weber 1 would certainly qualify!). Good Luck.
Also, checking the web isn't the worst thing you could do, so long as you are wary of what you find. If the website seems like a high schooler's project, you probably shouldn't put too much stock in what it says. But at other times, you might find a good site. I've also noticed that by searching less worthwhile sites, you can often find links to sites that ARE good. Don't completely dismiss the web as a resource. Just proceed with caution and critically analyze the things you find.
DH
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Author: LeWhite
Date: 2004-11-22 00:15
Yeah the web can be great - just make sure you cross-check your info with real books.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2004-11-22 22:20
Start with Baker's, to learn something about Weber. Then go to Grove. Then go to your music librarian (or reference librarian) for guidance in finding scholarly material that will have musical analyses of specific works.
There are a number of postings on this site on Weber # 1, including a reference to a Ph.D. dissertation on Weber's clarinet music. I'll leave them to you to find as an exercise.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-11-22 23:30
John Warrack, who I previously mentioned, is also one of the contributors to the Weber article in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ...GBK
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