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Author: Laurie
Date: 2001-12-19 21:27
All Brass, Winds, Saxophone, and Harp: Perform three compositions, one each from the Baroque or Classical period, the Romantic period and the Contemporary period. The candidate may also offer orchestral excerpts suitable to his or her own instrument.
Okay, Question ... what are 3 songs that fit this Criteria ?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2001-12-19 21:38
Laurie...It sounds like it is time to learn a little about music history. I would suggest doing a little research on the time periods of classical music. You will find the major composers, the stylistic traits of the period, the historical and musical developments, etc...and the list goes on.
It sounds as if you are considering auditioning for some sort of school or organization. It is IMPERITIVE that you know something about each period, not just the name of the composer...GBK
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Author: Suzanne
Date: 2001-12-19 21:43
You could play Mozart, Weber, Spohr, Stamitz, for classical, Debussy, Saint-Saens, Brahms for Romantic, Berg, Copland, Bernstein, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Lutoslawski for Contemporary, to name a few.
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Author: Suzanne
Date: 2001-12-19 21:44
PS Disclaimer
Yes I know there is some overlap here. I passed all my music history classes in case people were worried.
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Author: diz
Date: 2001-12-19 22:08
By "songs" do you mean vocal work - or a generic term for a piece of clarinet music?
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Author: sarah
Date: 2001-12-19 22:23
With overlap, you want to place the piece in the category that the composer did most of his work in. For example, The Saint-Saens Sonate was actually composed in the early 20th century, but in the romantic style.
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Author: Laurie
Date: 2001-12-20 02:37
Where does Handel fit ?
Thanks..
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Author: diz
Date: 2001-12-20 03:22
Mr Handel fits squarely into the Baroque, alongside Mr Bach and Mr Vivaldi
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Author: Jim E.
Date: 2001-12-20 05:11
Diz has a point that I've tried to make before here, "song" has meanings tied to specific types of musical compositions. Much of what is discussed here are more properly called "works" or "pieces" or "compositions" or even "selections." If, in an audition, one called one of the movements of the Mozart Concerto (for example) a "song" it might impact negatively upon the judges. As we progress, it is not enough to know that about which we speak, we need to express it in the accepted conventions of the discipline.
A bit of advice, if you are attempting to audition for college without a private teacher, don't, unless you really have to.
P.S. One will not find works written for the clarinet in the Baroque period because the instrument was developed after that time. Any such works were written for something else and later adapted for clarinet.
Good Luck!
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Author: GBK
Date: 2001-12-20 06:36
Jim E...Some historians may argue with you, by pointing out the fact that the 5 clarinet concertos for D clarinet written by Johann Molter in 1743, after his trip to Italy, might be considered late Baroque concerto grossi.
Remember, the title of these concerti were "for clarinet, strings, and basso continuo"...GBK
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2001-12-21 21:44
This sounds like a very tough audition- three COMPLETE compositions (not three movements)? Where is it for? Unless one of the pieces is the Stravinsky Three Pieces or something, this is probably 30 minutes at the minimum.
Which Handel piece are you considering? I don't think he wrote anything for clarinet and arrangements are generally not appropriate.
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