Author: steve
Date: 1999-07-30 16:24
Mr Marcellus was forced to retire from the cleveland orch in, I believe 1975 or so, due to diabetic retinopathy. Playing the clarinet was adversely affecting the disease. He went to Northwestern University, and trained many top of the line clarinettists, who now play all over the country. He also conducted the university orchestra and was instrumental in bringing the NU music school to the top ranks of the world. Eventually, diabetes claimed his sight, but he continued to teach until shortly before his death several years ago.
The music critic for the cleveland plain dealer once described his tone as a "dark, warm globe of oil with a candle in the middle..."...imho, he was the best...
I don't know how old he was when he recorded the mozart, but he was a respected professional clarinettist with the National Symphony in DC as a teenager...
s.
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