Clarinet and piano
SKU: P2.30093
Composed by Maurice
Saylor. Solo music, 20th
century. Published by
Potenza Music (P2.30093).
The titular
confusion of this work
came about in this way:
the tunes first appeared
in a 1991 musical I wrote
based on Moliere's Le
Malade Imaginaire (The
Imaginary Invalid).
Lacking faith in the
musical but liking the
tunes, I fashioned a few
of them into the symphony
- a comic symphony. Yet,
it seemed to lack luster.
When the opportunity came
to write a work for my
friend and fellow Snark
Ensemble performer Ben
Redwine, I decided what
the material lacked was a
solo voice. The tunes are
still there, but now
greatly elaborated and
expanded upon. The final
work is still very much a
symphony - and no other
title seems to suit it -
but symphonies are
generally for orchestra.
Still, the size and the
instrumentation for the
form we call symphony
have varied greatly over
the years, so perhaps
it's the nature of the
music that makes it a
symphony and not the
scoring.
