Author: Bobo
Date: 2008-01-04 22:29
Drew,
That's very perceptive, I think. Tabuteau and Gillet, the two French treetrunks of American oboe came right out of that 19th century salon tradition - Verroust etc. So the French traditions got passed down. But what serious course of study would focus exclusively on the 19th century stuff and not throw in Handel, Marcello, Bach and Mozart as well as Britten, Martinu, Poulenc, etc.? (Come to think of it though, I was never exposed to Vivaldi for oboe as a youngun, a major omission looking back on it). Is anyone seriously proposing a diet of Barret alone? Yuck!
Which reminds me of another great book that's great fun and a big bargain, Jay Arnold's Oboe Solos. It's got the Mozart quartet, the Schuman Romances, great Handel Sonatas, some Telemann and a boat load of other great stuff from easy to very hard for a nice low price.
Post Edited (2008-01-04 22:34)
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