Clarinet & Piano
Grazioso --- Andantino; Vivace e leggiero
| Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) |
Quality: 9 |
| Sonata |
Difficulty: 7.5 |
| 1942 |
10:00 |
| Warner Brothers, 1943 |
Highest Note: alt. G |
Description
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Known more as a conductor than composer; did lots of work in film |
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His first published work; written for David Oppenheim |
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Foreshadows West Side Story |
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Composed as a student at Tanglewood |
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Jazzy rhythms & complicated meter changes |
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Difficult piano part |
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I: modified sonata form; II: introduction & scherzo |
Necessary Qualities
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Good sense of rhythm |
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Air between notes |
Pedagogical Suggestions
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Listen to other works by Bernstein, esp. West Side Story |
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Subdivide for precise rhythm |
Recommended Recordings
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Meyer/LeSage; Denon |
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Sotltzman; London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Stern; RCA Victoria |
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Valdepeñas/Parr; Musica Viva |