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Re: Celeste or Glock (the latter of ANY
type)
Tchaikovsky - in the two works of his oeuvre
which call for such an instrument (Nutcracker and Voyevoda- the op. 78 ballad
and not the op. 3 overture) calls specifically for a celeste, not glock,
keyboard or lyre. Celeste has a much softer and somewhat
mysterious tone than the keyboard glock - which was why Tchaik was so excited by
his 'discovery' of the celeste in Paris and demanded absolute secrecy in
shipping one back for his use in the Nutcracker. He even - as
I recall - specifically required his publisher Jurgensen to NOT disclose the
existence of such an instrument to (naming them in particular) Rimsky and
Glazunov so the surprise of the special effect of the sound would be a surprise
NOT scooped in advance by a competitor in advance of the
Nutcracker.....
Best,
Les
Les Marsden
Founding Music Director and Conductor, The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Music and Mariposa? Ahhhhh, Paradise!!! Lecturer on the Arts, University of
California
http://arts-mariposa.org/symphony.html http://www.sierratel.com/mcf/nprc/mso.htm http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/lesbio.html
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