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Author: Kristen Denny
Date: 2001-12-07 01:46
Hello all!
I have given a student a huge challenge. For juries, I have my students
research the composer and piece that they are performing. However, with
my freshman, I have them play a Rose etude. So, I've told my freshman student
to research Mr. Rose. The funny thing is that she couldn't find anything about
him and now that I've been searching, I haven't found a thing either! The best
result I got was from an article in The Clarinet journal from 1986, but it does
not give any information on Mr. Rose himself... just the etudes. Even the
New Grove's dictionary doesn't have anything... nothing here in our library
at UNL, and nothing through Worldcat! Does anybody have bio information
on Cyrille Rose???
Kristen Denny
GTA: Clarinet, UNL
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Author: GBK
Date: 2001-12-07 04:21
Kristen...I'm not sure how much information you already have gathered, but here are some basics about Rose's life and work:
- born in 1830 in the northern part of France, actual birthplace not documented
- was considered the finest pupil of Klose
- as a clarinetist he won 1st prize at the competition of 1847
- was principal clarinetist of the national opera orchestra of Paris from 1857-1891
- was named professor of clarinet at the Paris Conservatory in 1876
- among the most famous of Rose's pupils: Henri and Alexandre Selmer, Jeanjean, Cahuzac, Lefebvre, and both Gomez brothers (whom he persuaded to learn the Boehm system, and their ultimate success led them to England - but that's another story)
- re-edited the Weber concertos and added his own cadenzas (thus he was credited with the "rebirth" of Weber's works in Paris)
- developed etudes and studies for clarinet technical development
- worked with Buffet in measuring and experimenting with bore design
- died in 1903
I hope that this help you...Good Luck...GBK
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-12-07 22:32
Kristen -
The place to start is your music librarian, who is there to help you find this sort of information. Among the books that will be suggested:
Baker's Dictionary -- a biographical dictionary of musicians in a single large volume, and the place you should always start.
Grove's Encyclopedia of Music -- a multi-volume encyclopedia with just about all there is to know.
Books on the history of the clarinet (by Rendall and Brymer), and on the history of wind instruments (by Baines and Sachs).
Journals of musical instrument history, such as the Journal of the Galpin Society.
Abstracts of graduate dissertations.
The International Clarinet Society website.
I'm not sure where GBK found his information, but it was probably from one of these sources. There's no better way to find it than looking it up yourself with the guidance of a librarian trained to help you. Work on it a little and become a resource for others.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: GBK
Date: 2001-12-07 23:17
Ken...sometimes my Music History degree DOES come in handy...
Actually, as you said, it is no great secret to find info ...just some old fashioned research techniques...GBK
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Author: Kristen
Date: 2001-12-08 04:36
Thanks for the responses.
After my research of the various sources mentioned (along with some of my own
ideas) I was most successful in Pamela Weston's book, More
Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past. I've got all I need now. Thanks so much for the info.
Kristen Denny
GTA: Clarinet, UNL
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-12-09 23:00
http://www.niu.edu/music/barrett/Rose_32_Etudes.htm
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