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Author: DAVE
Date: 2003-05-09 03:00
Who is Andre-Bloch? What does Denneriana mean? I know this piece was a solo de concours in 1938, but that's all I know.
Also on the title page is printed COLLECTION "VILLA MEDICIS". What does this mean?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-05-09 07:35
The title is a reference to the name Denner (as in Johann Christoph
Denner who developed the clarinet)...GBK
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-05-09 17:42
Biographical information on André Bloch (born January 14, 1873 in Wissembourg, and died August 7, 1960 in Paris) is not difficult to find.
By the way, he is not related to the Swiss composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), even though their dates are fairly similar...GBK
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Author: Grabnerwg
Date: 2003-05-09 23:16
I played Denneriana on a recent recital. I found it a VERY pleasant surprise. There's lot's of music there. Get a sensitive pianist and you can have a lot of fun with the give and take.
I invented a program in my head. The clarinet was a youth, and very mischievous. The piano was his mother. They have a little argument. The youth won't obey and the Mother tries to make him.
He says he will....but under his breath.....heehee...he says he won't. When caught he is openly rebellious, for a moment. Then peace reigns and all is forgiven.
The piece had, for me, almost a Til Eulenspeigel aspect....there's a BAD BOY in there somewhere!
Anyway, I tried to do some research and came up with little more than we already have here.
I believe that Andre Bloch was a professor at the conservatory, probably composition and theory.
Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
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Author: DAVE
Date: 2003-05-09 23:26
thanks for the info. I am thinking of doing it on a radio broadcast at the end of this month; maybe you guys can tune in. I will also be playing Petite Piece and Premiere Rhapsodie. I will post more details as the date approaches.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-05-10 15:27
by the way (#2);
Even Kal Opperman can be tricked. In his book Repertory of the Clarinet, 1960 Franco Colombo, Inc., he lists Denneriana as written by F. André (??), and arranged by Bloch (??)
oops... GBK
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Author: DAVE
Date: 2003-05-11 02:25
GBK,
Are you sure about it not being written by Andre? On the piece, it is labled Andre-Bloch, WITH a dash. That just might indicate what Kalmen Opperman was saying could be right on.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-05-11 04:40
100% sure.
Read any biographical material on André Bloch and you will see he is credited as the sole composer of Denneriana (published in 1940).
Bloch's operatic style (he is most known as an operatic composer, due to his study with Massenet) is clearly evident in all his works, both instrumental and vocal...GBK
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