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Author: GBK
Date: 2009-07-08 00:51
Gustav Mahler
The composer who -
1. was influential in making clarinet players buy Bb, A, C, Eb and/or D clarinets ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
2. forced clarinetists to learn German musical terms
...GBK
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2009-07-08 03:01
I have to throw this one out there again:
Rehearsal memo:
Several weeks ago, we sent you a list of translations of the German
markings in the Mahler Symphony. We now realize that this list
contained many serious errors. The following contains the correct
versions. So we don't waste valuable rehearsal time on this, copy
these corrections into your part immediately.
GERMAN - ENGLISH
Langsam - Slowly
Schleppend - Slowly
Dampfer auf - Slowly
Mit Dampfer - Slowly
Allmahlich in das Hauptzeitmass ubergehen - Do not look at the
conductor
Im Anfang sehr gemaechlich - In intense inner torment
Alle Betonungen sehr zart - With more intense inner torment
Getheilt (geth.) - Out of tune
Von hier an in sehr allmaehlicher aber stetiger Steigerung bis zum
Zeichen - From this point on, the spit valves should be emptied with
ever-increasing emotion
Hier ist ein frisches belebtes Zeitmass eingetreten - Slowly
Haupttempo - Slowly
Noch ein wenig beschleunigend - Slowing down but with a sense of
speeding up
Immer noch zurueckhaltend - With steadily decreasing competence
Sehr gemaechlich - With indescribably horrific inner torment
Etwas bewegter, aber immer noch sehr ruhig - Somewhat louder, though
still inaudible as before
Alle Betonungen sehr zart - With smallish quantities of fairly mild
inner torment
Gemaechlich - Intermission
Ganz unmerklich etwas zurueckhaltend - Slowly
Etwas gemaechlicher als zuvor - Slowly
Von hier ab unmerklich breiter werden - As if wild animals were
gnawing on your liver
Ohne cresc. - Without toothpaste
Immer noch etwas zurueckhaltend - Slowly
Vorwaerts draengend - Slowly
Hauptzeitmass - Slowly
Allmaehlich etwas lebhafter - Screaming in agony
Ohne Nachschl(age) - Without milk (sugar)
Kraeftig bewegt - Slowly
Mit dem Holze zu streichen - Like a hole in the head
Mit Parodie - Viola solo
Sehr einfach und schlicht, wie eine Volksweise - Slowly
Daempfer ab - Eyes closed
Ploetzlich viel schneller - Even more ploddingly
Den ersten Ton scharf herausgehoben - Do not play until the buzzer
sounds
Am Griffbrett - As if in tune
Aeusserst zart, aber ausdrucksvoll - Radiantly joyful, despite the
itching
Wieder zurueckhaltend - Increasingly decreasing
Noch breiter als vorher - Better late than never
Nicht eilen - No eels
Allmaehlich (unmerklich) etwas zurueckhaltend - Much faster (slower)
than conductor
Lang gestrichen - Heads up
Lang gezogen - Heads back down
Die werden allmaehlich staerker und staerker bis zum (fp) - In the
event of a water landing, your seat cushion may be used as a
flotation device
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2009-07-08 04:27
At least the parts Mahler wrote for bass clarinet in "A" are simple to play. Unlike that devil Ravel's "La Valse" part.
Recht an!
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2009-07-08 13:31
"Bells up" instruction written on the parts for both clarinet and oboe.....wherein Mahler channels visuals of Spike Jones and the King of Swing prior to their time, but intends to sound harsh and brassy, thus channeling US high school marching bands.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
Post Edited (2009-07-08 13:32)
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Author: aero145
Date: 2009-07-08 13:53
David B, that made my day! Partly because the translations are so extremely wrong. :D
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-07-08 15:47
David S, does that include Mahlers 6th?
GBK, none of us in the BSO own a C or D clarinet so he didn't succeed in getting us to buy them, we just transpose. I never could understand German, still.
David B, you have to much time on your hands but I'm glad you do, it's cute.
Allan, you're so right.
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Post Edited (2009-07-08 15:49)
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Author: GBK
Date: 2009-07-08 16:32
Ed...My comment about the D clarinet was made in jest since I realize that few players own one, or let alone have ever played one.
However, I am a bit surprised about the fact that there are no C clarinets in the BSO. Wouldn't that make life a bit easier, and lend to the (watch out, here comes that word) "authenticity" of the performance?
I can't imagine playing Mozartiana and numerous other pieces without one.
And then there is the whole question of the "correct" sound the composer originally wanted...
...GBK
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2009-07-08 19:51
Ed, my apologies, I was thinking about Mahler's 4th which has the easy parts for bass clarinet in A -- you're right, the 6th is another story!
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