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Author: javier garcia
Date: 2002-05-25 19:51
An interesting article by Jochen Seggelke (german clarinet maker) about the clarinet performing in germany for the last 250 years is available on:
http://www.schwenk-und-seggelke.de/deutsch/publications/claringerm/lit_ClarGer_01.htm.
good reading and good clarineting!
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-05-27 05:07
Mr Seggelke's article is fascinating - well worth reading. Even though he states that his research isn't "scientific" (whatever that means), he does back up a lot of his findings with quotations from contemporary sources. It is a scholarly work.
GBK - as an historian, I'd be interested to see what you think of this work, thanks.
diz
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-05-27 06:04
diz...I had read this article when it was originally published in The Clarinet magazine. The historical tracing of the German tradition of clarinet playing is a good one.
I was curious as to why Mr Seggelke, in his mention of the origin and proficiency of the Mannheim court orchestra, never mentioned Johann Stamitz who had trained the orchestra to a very high degree of proficiency even before Cannabich took over.
It is interesting that the different "schools" of clarinet playing are not as clearly defined as was the case 50 years ago. The old notion that German=dark sound, French=light sound, etc...is slowly becoming a thing of the past.
It is now increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to tell the nationality of a player by their sound. If you have never read Dan Leeson's article, it is a good one:
http://www.ocr.woodwind.org/articles/leeson4.html ...GBK
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-05-27 06:10
Indeed, GBK - perhaps we can thank Buffet for that?
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