Author: skygardener
Date: 2007-09-05 01:23
I first put this in another thread, but I think my question is a bit different.
My main question is- What do you all think about changing things in the score, especially with respect to tempi, ritardando, and rubato? Below I have used the Debussy Premire Rhapsodie as an example; in many live and recorded performances of this piece, I have noticed the addition of some of the following things. These are tempi changes that are not written in the score, but are qute cosistantly played by most clarinetists. They are as follows:
- accelerando before 'Un peu retenu', after (4).
- at (6) we have 'a Tempo (moderement anime)'. I have always read this to mean the same tempo as (5) 'moderement anime', quarter-72. However I always hear (6) played significantly faster than (5).
- towards the end we have 'Plus anime' which is often followed by a gradual accelerando up to (11).
If I were to perform the Debussy and, for example, at the first 'Le Double plus vite' I were to keep the tempo from before and not play it any faster. In that case, I think, most people would say that I am playing it wrong and some might say, "Debussy wrote 'Le Double plus vite' so you should play it that way". Now, that's fine and all, but in the places that Debussy did NOT write some ritardando or accelerano, would it not be equally wrong to add it? If I should play what he wrote than I should also play what he didn't write, right?
Again, this is a general question about style and I am only using Debussy as an example.
Your thoughts, please.
Post Edited (2007-09-05 03:34)
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