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Re: Stravinsky Three Pieces Third Movt

Author: rmk54
Date: 2017-09-08 16:17

Be careful of Stravinsky's oral directives. He often changed his mind and gave conflicting information.

Case in point: Listen to various recordings he made of the Berceuse movement of Firebird. There is a place in the bassoon solo where it is unclear whether he wanted a d natural or d flat. The recordings *he conducted* are not consistent in this respect.

Regarding the Three Pieces: Charles Russo told me that Stravinsky told him the indications for B-flat and A Clarinet were added by the publisher and he really had no preference as to which instruments were used. Whether this is actually true or not, I have no idea.

FWIW, I always understood that "sombrer le son" translated to "veiled sound".

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