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Author: MarkS
Date: 2022-11-03 05:02
I just came across a wonderful Youtube video "Robert Marcellus and his Clarinets." It is on the JoffeWoodwinds site and was created by Dr. Ron Odrich, jazz clarinetist, Marcellus student and lifelong friend. Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N59CYFK9NN0&t=8s
The video is full of all sorts of interesting information--historical, personal, and technical. Some examples: Marcellus willed all his equipment to Odrich, and there is a detailed technical analysis of both the pre-R13 A-clarinet used in the celebrated recording of the Mozart Concerto with Szell, as well as an R13 B-flat clarinet from 1967. Various customizations done by Hans Moenning are discussed. Another example is a discussion of how Marcellus adapted his embouchure over the years to deal with chronic dental and periodental problems.
I also found it interesting to learn that Odrich has been getting good results playing the Marcellus R13 with one of Marcellus' Kaspar (Cicero) mouthpieces--but using Legere reeds--as opposed to the Morre reeds used by Marcellus. I would not have expected this.
Mark
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Author: ruben
Date: 2022-11-03 12:46
Thank you for sharing this beautiful document, Mark.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-11-03 16:11
Wow!!!!
Legere reeds in a Marcellus set-up. That's MADNESS !!!
:-)
The video is a wonderful historical document. Thank you Dr. Odrich!
..............Paul Aviles
Post Edited (2022-11-03 16:44)
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-11-03 17:26
Interesting that Dr. Odrich's collection of Marcellus' mouthpieces and his remembrances do NOT include a mention of Chedeville (RB used the contemporary Bonade Maliore and a variety of Kaspar Ciceros and Chicagos). Both Greg Smith and Brad Behn (also Marcellus students) have much to say on the Chedeville mouthpieces.
SO
How was it that Robert Marcellus got by without a Chedeville? Why are there not more discussions (or modern copies) of the Kaspars?
..............Paul Aviles
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Author: ruben
Date: 2022-11-03 18:00
I loved the heartfelt eloquence of this video: a beautiful sense of narration.
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Author: Ed
Date: 2022-11-04 01:00
"How was it that Robert Marcellus got by without a Chedeville?"
I recall Marcellus saying that there was a refinement or elegance to the Chedeville sound and that he preferred Kaspars as more of a "working man's" mouthpiece.
FWIW- Odrich pictures a Kaspar mouthpiece that he says was used for the famous Mozart recording. Perhaps this was used for a performance of the concerto as he did perform it at various times with the orchestra. I was fortunate to have studied with Marcellus for a time. I had asked him about that mouthpiece and distinctly recall him telling me that the mouthpiece had been broken.
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