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Re: Debussy Premiere Rhapsody

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2007-09-04 09:20

Don't know. Apparently other pieces are taken faster nowadays also because of advances in the clarinet. For instance, if I remember my community band conductor talking about Mozarts Clarinet Concerto, the clarinets back then didn't have as many keys and it was very clumsy for them to try to play very quickly so it was made to be done slowly. But then you can get recordings of people playing that (and other pieces) absurdly fast. Fastest I heard was a recording of Bonade who seemed to play it so fast that the violins seemed to my ears to try to rush to keep up with his tempo.

Alexi

US Army Japan Band

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