Re: finger vibrato

[AGREENBA <AGREENBA...>]

In a message dated 8/30/03 10:04:11 AM, Tski1128 (at) aol(dot)com writes:


>  In some of the Sousa band arrangements before WW1 there are indications in 
> clarinet parts, of "tone Vibrato." During WW1 Sousa made all his 
> clarinetists switch to the French system as a protest against German 
> aggression.  There 
> are all sorts comments by his clarinetists, most of whom were playing the 
> "German, Albert" clarinets, that some of the things that they could do on the 
> Albert system were not possible on the Boehm. When you are playing in the 
> highest paid musical group of the day, you do what the boss wants.  
> 

That is SO interesting.   More "fuel."
adrianne