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Re: Excerpts and tempo

Author: mrn
Date: 2009-04-16 00:26

Come to think of it, I think Ed basically answered my question before I asked it--you go with what makes musical sense (which is what should be on a good recording).

clarinetwoman wrote:

> I understand what you all are saying, but I just wanted to get
> an idea of what metronome marking has been suggested by your
> teachers........

Well, for Shostakovich's 9, Rudolf Barshai (I clocked him with a metronome) takes mvt. 2 at quarter note = 180, mvt. 3 at dotted quarter = 120. Barshai was a friend of and collaborator with Shostakovich, and his boxed set of the complete symphonies of Shostakovich (which is what I own--I'm a bit of a DSCH fanatic) are quite highly regarded--they've even been called "definitive."

I realize Barshai is not a clarinet teacher, but I think he's really a better source for this sort of thing. Tempo is a musical consideration, not a clarinet-specific technical issue, so I'd be much more inclined to trust someone's opinion based on their knowledge of the music rather than their clarinet playing or teaching.

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