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Author: claren11
Date: 2004-01-30 13:30
Can anyone suggest where we could find a recording of the music “Fantasy Piece” by Schumann?
My daughter is playing a clarinet solo for the State Solo and Ensemble Contest and her teacher has suggested listening to a recording played by Larry Combs or someone of his level.
She has selected this music from a clarinet solo series called “Concert and Contest” compiled by Himie Voxman and published by Rubank, Inc.
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Author: Tom Piercy
Date: 2004-01-30 15:04
Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet & piano, Op. 73
by Robert Schumann
There a many recordings of this piece available.
Three very good ones come immediately to mind:
Gervase De Peyer, clarinet
(forgot the label)
Harold Wright, clarinet
Harris Goldsmith, piano
Label: Music & Arts Program
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Richard Goode, piano
Label: RCA
You can do a search for CDs on amazon.com and many other sites selling CDs to find these recordings.
Tom Piercy
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Author: claren11
Date: 2004-01-30 17:23
Tom,
Thank you so much for your help! I am thrilled that I found this music on
Amazon.com. I have just ordered the recording performed by
Gervase de Peyer. I assume he is a French clarinetist?
The piano accompanient is by Gwenneth Pryor and the label is Chandos.
Thanks again!Tom Piercy wrote:
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Author: CPW
Date: 2004-01-30 21:34
"Gervase de Peyer. I assume he is a French clarinetist?"
ahem......
Check his website....you will be surprised!!!!
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Author: Rivers
Date: 2004-01-31 11:48
A recording that I like better than Harold Wright's is David Shifrin's "Brahams/ Schumann Soiree" w/ Carol Rosenberger piano ...Delos Label...the Brahms ain't bad either.
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Author: claren11
Date: 2004-02-03 13:27
Would someone tell me the correct pronunciation of "Gervase De Peyer"?
I have searched for his name in several dictionaries without success.
I want to share what happened last night when saw my I saw my daughter's clarinet teacher.
I mentioned to the teacher that I had ordered the recording of Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) by Robert Schumann.
His reply was, " Good, who is the artist?” I then responded, " A very well
known clarinet player, Gervase De Peyer. Have you heard of him?"
Do you know what the teachers reply was? Well, it went something like this,"Ahh yes, he is French, correct?" I promptly informed him that
Gervase was English. So as you can see, I am not the only one in the States that needs to be enlightened.
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Author: Tom Piercy
Date: 2004-02-03 15:35
You will hear many classical radio station announcers mispronounce his name and misidentify his nationality.
The first name Gervase is pronounced as it would be "a francias," as is the "de," but the "Peyer" is pronounced Py-er, rhyming with the English word "dryer" as in clothes dryer.
Tom Piercy
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Author: claren11
Date: 2004-02-03 16:22
Thanks for your reply. I understand perfectly your explanation of pronouncing the last name, but I am completely confused about the word "a francias".
Does “De” sound like the word “they”.
Does the first name "Ger-vase" have two syllables with an accent on
the second syllable "vase". Is the “Ger” sound pronounced the same as in the word “Germ”? Does vase sound like the word used in this example, "flowers go in a vase"?
Thanks for your help.
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Author: Joseph Brenner, Jr.
Date: 2004-02-03 17:52
I offer the following but am prepared to be condemned, if not hanged in effigy. Gervase sounds rather like "zhair voz." And, syllables of words in French generally have equal stress. As to the "de" in de Peyer, think of the "e" in "de" as sounding like the "u" in "put." My apologies to the people of the French Republic and to people of the world who speak French. jjbjr
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Author: claren11
Date: 2004-02-03 18:24
Thanks for your comment.
In the first name, is the first or second syllable accented? As strange as may be, I think you have helped make this much more clearer to me.
No wonder so many people mispronounce his name. A man of his statue
deserves more!
Post Edited (2004-02-03 18:26)
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Author: claren11
Date: 2004-02-03 18:34
Syllables with equal stress. Got it! Thanks!
Now I can spread his word! Or at least say his name.
Post Edited (2004-02-03 18:34)
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2004-02-03 18:39
I think Tom's "a francias" should be read as "en francais" (with a cedilla under the c) which is French for "in French".
Gervase de Peyer was born in London but is of Swiss descent (see http://www.gervasedepeyer.com).
I don't know how he prefers his name to be pronounced. However, the name Gervase, with variant spellings, is not especially rare in England. It is usually pronounced GerVAYZE, with Ger as in Germany and VAYZE to rhyme with "days". The initial G may be pronounced as a French soft G, like the consonant in the middle of "division" or "leisure".
The "de" (not De) I would expect to be pronounced as in French: a "d" sound with almost no vowel after it. Like the French president Charles de Gaulle.
Peyer would be pronounced in French very roughly as pay-AIR. But Tom's suggestion that GdP pronounces it to rhyme with dryer - which is approximately what a German would do - sounds entirely likely to me. GdP is of Swiss descent, remember. Hybrid French-German names are not unusual in Switzerland.
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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.
To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
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Author: Tom Piercy
Date: 2004-02-04 01:28
Thanks David for your Pronunciation Explanations.
And yes, that is how Gervase pronounces his name; this I know from studying with him for many years and continuing a very friendly, wonderful relationship throughout the years.
Tom Piercy
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Author: Bellflare
Date: 2004-02-04 02:37
"The French dont care what they do actually....as long as they pronounce it properly"
Prof Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady
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Author: claren11
Date: 2004-02-06 13:03
Tom,
I received the Gervase De Peyer CD several days ago and have played the music over and over again. Listening to Gervase's playing, has given me
deeper appreciation and understanding about playing the clarinet. How blessed you have been to have studied with him. How incredible it would be to see him perform!
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