Woodwinds of the orchestra

Series
Music in the making
Air Date
1962-06-13
Duration
00:14:22
Episode Description
This program discusses the various woodwind instruments that are employed in orchestras.
Series Description
Instructional comments and musical illustrations using faculty and students from the Millikin University School of Music. The first thirteen programs in the series focus upon historical aspects of music. The second half of the series explores music's technical side.
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Time Period
1961-1970
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Music in the making.
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Produced by Millikan university under a grant from the Educational Television and Radio Center in
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cooperation with the National Association of educational broadcasters.
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Milliken School of Music presents Altenburg stellar assistant professor of music and conductor
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of the Milliken civic orchestra.
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In a recorded consideration of the woodwinds of the orchestra.
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These are the woodwinds. By their very nature they are not a blending family.
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We might divide the woodwinds into three groups the double reads including the
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oboe and bassoon the clarinet which uses a single reed on a hard
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mouthpiece and the flute which produces its tone by blowing across a hole
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the flute in its upper register has a brilliant somewhat piercing tone quality
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capable of cutting through an entire orchestra.
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Its lower register is soft and mellow used either to round out tonal
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qualities of other instruments or it may be used as a solo instrument playing alone
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or with strings muted or plucked.
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The oboe with its double read suggests Oriental mysticism and is
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frequently used for solo passages.
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The clarinet has a mysterious lower register and a brilliant high
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register. It is very flexible and can play either complements or
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solo passages.
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But as soon as a comedian of the woodwind family because of its tone quality in the low
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register. But even though it uses a double reed its upper register takes on a
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transparent quality that is very much like the human voice 0.
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The different ways of producing tones on the various woodwinds give each one of them a
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distinct tonal characteristic or what we might call a tambor.
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But it is this difference of tambour that produces a different color when they play together.
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The nasal biting quality of the oboe is dulled when the flute doubles the oboe part in the
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same register the flute loses itself and mellowing the oboe
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tone.
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Brilliance is obtained when the Treble woodwinds the flute the oboe
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and the clarinet play in octaves.
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The French horn is added to the forward wins to form a woodwind quintet.
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Listen to the overall color produced by their individual sounds.
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Wider maker was the condo and quickened tempo produces still another color
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one of gayety and for volunteer as only the woodwind so playful he can do.
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When the woodwinds fought their way to their rightful place in the orchestra new portals were
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open for composers. Some seize the opportunity immediately and others
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hesitated until the results were heard. Listen to the woodwinds display their
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playful prominence in the scouts all from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn.
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The
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ear.
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Lol.
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Professor Elton Berg's dollar has brought you a record in consideration of the woodwinds of the
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orchestra.
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Music in the making was produced by Milliken university under a grant from the Educational
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Television Radio Center. This program is distributed by the National Association of
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educational broadcasters.
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This is the end E.B. Radio Network.
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