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Author: davyd
Date: 2012-07-10 02:05
Presumably the typewriter has the extra keys for Spanish-specific characters: upside-down punctuation marks, tilde n, etc.
Seriously, though: from the Union perspective, is the typewriter considered to be a musical instrument? does a typewriter soloist have to be a union member? if a member of the orchestra is the soloist, does he/she get doubling money? etc.
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Author: Wes
Date: 2012-07-10 03:30
Yes, I just played that piece last month as an oboe player with an orchestra in Los Angeles. Finding a manual typewriter with a good bell is the major difficulty with it. String parts are the most challenging but the woodwind parts are quite easy. Leroy Anderson's pieces, including "Clarinet Candy" seem to always be popular with audiences. For a prior concert, we asked the Local 47 secretary (Serena) to be the typist, but she declined.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2012-07-10 03:46
Percussion instrument. (Or maybe two. On the St. Louis Symphony recording, John Cassica is credited for the typewriter part and Richard O'Donnell for the bell!)
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2012-07-10 04:19
Can't help wondering about the first chair clarinet opening with the NYP. Would it help if the winner of this position doubled on the typewriter would help land the position?
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2012-07-11 03:59
It's very famous here because a radio show has been using this as their opening theme for years.
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Author: DougR
Date: 2012-07-11 22:24
Yes, well, here's the Strauss Festival Orchestra's version--MUCH more authentic in my view in terms of period performance practice (note Breinschmid--not heretofore known for his typewriter chops--is using a Royal Portable, much superior to the probably Chinese portable, with its much brighter (one might almost say shrill), less covered sound, which the gentleman in the first clip is using--yet still not providing the classic "dark" sound of an older Royal Office Manual, especially as found in the rare versions tweaked by Oehler. And the missing heft of the Office Manual is obvious--see how Breinschmid misses a carriage return because the portable is flying off the table).
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2LJ1i7222c>
The definitive account of this unfairly maligned work has perhaps not yet been assayed--but Breinschmid's performance certainly approaches it, although the first clip (in spite of a certain informality that detracts from the majesty of the piece) was certainly well played.
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Author: davyd
Date: 2012-07-12 22:20
Herr Breinschmid gives new meaning to the phrase "conducting from the keyboard". Presumably his instrument has the additional keys for vowel-and-umlaut combinations and the double-S character. I thought the bell was not quite in tune with the orchestra; perhaps that's due to the higher tuning pitch they are said to use in Europe.
This is one case where the use of a period instrument is mandatory. An electric instrument wouldn't have the proper visual attributes.
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2012-07-13 02:18
I need to hit a swap meet and find a typewriter for the future. I really enjoyed the humor.
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Author: ned
Date: 2012-07-13 03:22
davyd wrote: ''Seriously, though: from the Union perspective, is the typewriter considered to be a musical instrument? does a typewriter soloist have to be a union member?''
I have no idea what your union in the USA would say, but, in this context the typewriter is most definitely a percussion/rhythm instrument.
And..........the musician playing it................is he a typist, a typer, or perhaps a typewritist?
Oh, yes.........he also does a great imitation of "Manuel".
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