Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2014-09-26 02:48
Google it. There is a nice wikipedia article (oops - in French,
peut-être vous pouvez traduire...) and some other brief stuff.
But if you really need a story:
Once upon a time, a flute, an oboe, a clarinet, a horn, a bassoon, and a piano were going to start rehearsals in a week on the Sextuor by Francis Poulenc.
The flute said, “boy there sure is some goofy stuff in this part. And I gotta play low C’s FF too? I hope this stuff falls together.”
The oboe said, “Me too, pretty goofy. I don’t see what this means.”
The clarinet said, “Oh jeez, look at those augmented octaves. Why didn’t he just give that to the piano. Rats - looks like I’m gonna have to really woodshed a bunch on this.”
The horn said, “why is all this stuff synchopated? Why couldn't he just give me the usual offbeats?”
The bassoon said, “alto clef is bad enough, but why did have to put in so many accidentals?”
The piano said, “this looks hard. There is some nice stuff in there but it is too short.”
So they went and woodshedded their parts for a week and got together for their rehearsal.
After the rehearsal the flute said, “wow, this is really powerful stuff!”
The oboe said, “this really spans an enormous range of musical vocabulary!”
The clarinet said, “now that I have that crap under my fingers, it is really great how it drives the harmonies in the other instruments.”
The horn said, “my part really punches the other instruments along!”
The bassoon said, “this is some really lyrical writing!"
The piano had a copy of one particularly lyrical solo framed and hung it on the wall next to her piano.
The end.
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