Fantastic documentary. As a fellow clarinetist, you know how little quality viewing is out there. So I truly thank you for putting this together.
@randylewis8547
2 ай бұрын
How blessed you were to have been able to study with him, and to become close friends. Thanks so much for this lovely deep dive into his instruments and his remarkable legacy. He set a standard to which any of us who have ever picked up a clarinet can aspire to for a lifetime.
@jonathanr.lautman2808
9 ай бұрын
This video is a great service to us all. I was his student at Northwestern in 1975-76, and one day he was teaching me the Beethoven "Pastoral" and he demonstrated the triplet solo at the end of the first movement. He had a photo of Pablo Casals inscribed "to Robert Marcellus, Ideal clarinetist," and that was his Beethoven 6 up close--ideal. He was an unusually articulate man of great self-possession and of course at Northwestern we all quite worshiped him, so this memoir by you gives a great deal of perspective. My memory may be faulty, but I believe he played Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Stravinsky, who coached him on it. If you know anything about the details of this encounter, could you post it?
@coloraturaElise
Жыл бұрын
Wow, in the Rosamunde excerpt, the extraordinary resonance is really striking....like on throat A, the note is as resonant as bell B, for Pete's sake! The projection of the sound, even in the piano dynamic, is what you don't hear much now. People use 'special' barrels, etc to try to get that effect, but I don't hear the same thing; that sound does not ping like Marcellus' does. Thanks so much for this really informative and important video!
@Yuppie.Mike.
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I play on his Ann arbor kaspar he used in The Mozart recording. My most prized possession
@bobhellmann2179
3 ай бұрын
Awesome. Thank you
@ccguy66
Жыл бұрын
Did this video just give me a close-up look at what I consider the holiest relic of the entire clarinet universe, the actual A clarinet from Marcellus’s Mozart recording? Did I just fulfill a decades-old fascination with seeing and admiring this amazing historic artifact? My lord, I feel like I’ve just leveled up in life! Thank you thank you THANK YOU for sharing this!
@osdavelumusic
Жыл бұрын
I fully share your appreciation! ♪♫
@garydranch2014
11 ай бұрын
Enlightening! Fortunate to have briefly studied with Mr. Marcellus in Evanston
@maxineramey2305
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful documentary! Thank you! You are fortunate to have known and worked with a Master. I, too, have an R-13 clarinet that was worked on by Hans Moenning. Even though I have used and owned other Buffets and Selmers over the decades, I return to this clarinet, as it feels like home. A place where I can sing.
@RodneyWollam
Жыл бұрын
I know the clarinets you're talking about. I was a very close friend of his and Marian. It's very important to remember his clarinets were set up by Hans Moening.
@billducker7404
3 ай бұрын
Fantastic video need to see this several times Much to learn. I have of course got Mr Marcellus’s great Mozart concerto recording. God bless you. Bill. Uk 🎶🇺🇸🇬🇧
@thomasfrasca7949
Жыл бұрын
Thank You Thank You so much for sharing this personal experience . Just a wonderful way of remembering this thru maestro in the woodwind family.
@erniegross4780
Жыл бұрын
I got to study with Mr. Marcellus right before he lost his sight. He contacted Kaspar to sell me Bb, Eb and Bass Clarinet mouthpieces. I apparently got his last ones as Kaspar wrote telling me that now he could go fishing! Mr. Marcellus was not only a wonderful clarinetist but also a kind, great man. I am better for knowing him.
@emjay2045
Жыл бұрын
Loved, Loved , LOVED this documentary… thanks for all the info ! God speed to you Ed and Dr Odrich. 🎶❤🖤
@bobblues1158
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful in every way. Thank you so much. The equipment IS a means of discovery for the player. Enabling one to achieve the sound one hears in one´s head.
@floridaclarinetstudio2338
2 жыл бұрын
"The equipment IS the means of discovery for the player" this should be on the wall of every clarinet teacher/player's studio....oh IF ONLY that philosophy could be embraced by the present generation of clarinetists and their TEACHERS. GREAT equipment will always teach YOU to do the CORRECT thing...thanks again for posting Ed. I got to see this video a few weeks back and it inspires me so much to see it here as well...let it reach thousands :) 😄
@toberle
8 ай бұрын
I love this video. Thank you.
@martinscalona-clarinet9042
2 жыл бұрын
Great documentary, thank you for sharing so much amazing information and knowledge. Ron Odrich is a jazz genius.
@Joffewoodwinds
2 жыл бұрын
Martin, Glad you enjoyed it. It took years of nagging Ron to get it done. Did you ever release your recording made at Curtis several tears back? Ed
@afclarinet
Жыл бұрын
Great Video! Thank You for sharing.
@osdavelumusic
Жыл бұрын
Just wonderful sir, just wonderful. For people who play clarinet, (for me, it is the clarinet one of the most intringuing and beautiful sounding instruments in the history of mankind). Ok, we know the role of the sax in jazz, but jazz is about clarinet performance, mastering all the techniques out there. THE WORLD OF THE CLARINET IS A WORLD WOTIOUT WORDS. Thanks for sharing mister Odrich, grt Oscard_Amsterdam
@stevekobb3850
Жыл бұрын
A terrific retrospective! Many thanks.
@MrDjay46
Жыл бұрын
Priceless! Thanks to all involved in crafting this.
@c.winfieldswarr8119
Жыл бұрын
C Winfield Swarr. I just came accross this and found it fascinating. Thanks very much for the historical information. I once attempted to study with Marcellus while a student at Oberlin College near Cleveland. The clarinet teacher there was terrible and I asked the school if I could go into Cleveland and study with Marcellus. The college would not allow me to do that, although a couple of years later they did allow students make that change after many of us had transferred out. I transferred to the New England Conservatory in Boston and studied with Cioffi. After graduating from school, during the vietnam war, I played in the army band and Richmond Symphony. While there I studied with Harold Wright and during that time came into posession of a set of clarinets that were prepared for Wright by Moenig. I keep trying other instruments, but have been unable to find anything that comes close.
@jordanmorack9122
2 жыл бұрын
Always a good day when master Joffe makes a post!
@jimbob5848
4 ай бұрын
Appreciated this interesting vide
@lionedizampa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great historical content! Even down in Europe some of us are very interested in the world journey of the clarinet, and his stars! Great! All the best!
@chrissereque8716
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this incredibly well-done work! I studied with RM during the late 60s and later 1970s. Do you have the facing measurements for any of the Kaspars that he played? I make my own reeds with a ‘Dual and face my own mouthpieces. He was such an inspirational teacher and player: many of us wouldn’t have had any success without him. Chris Sereque
@Joffewoodwinds
Жыл бұрын
I’ll check with Ron Odrich who has Bob’s mouthpieces.
@robertlancaster4538
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, Dr. Oldrich/JoffeWoodwinds
@818Dimples
10 ай бұрын
Claritastic and Clarific ❤❤❤❤
@hartwheeler4591
10 ай бұрын
And here I was thinking my use of Teflon tape on the cork of my mouthpiece was original and uniquely insightful. It also is a quick fix for a pad that falls out of a key, in a single layer it doesn’t leak, not that I’ve tried more layers. “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
@saxifonus
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful documentary, what is the name of the piece you feature at the beginning of the video? I LOVE IT!!
@Joffewoodwinds
2 жыл бұрын
Thatt is the tune Yesterdays-a standard by Jerome Kern-and played by Ron Odrich.
@emjay2045
Жыл бұрын
👏🏼👏🏼
@peterbianca9229
Жыл бұрын
What an amazing video, such a treasure trove of information. I would love to know, if similarly, someone has Harold Wright's equipment?
@Joffewoodwinds
Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I don’t know that answer but I think if anyone does know, it would be Ethan Sloane in Boston.
@emjay2045
Жыл бұрын
@@Joffewoodwinds would you be willing to venture that way to enlighten us ?
@patricksautour5963
Жыл бұрын
Très beau reportage ....Merci.... Un immense clarinettiste qu'était Robert Marcellus... et le concerto de Mozart avec l'orchestre de Cleveland et Georges Zell une référence et un modèle inégalé ... Pour moi en tous cas... Merci pour cet enregistrement que je possède .....
@Joffewoodwinds
Жыл бұрын
Merci!
@vicente1049
Жыл бұрын
Muchas gracias, un admirador de Marcellus
@osdavelumusic
Жыл бұрын
en este video hay varios tonos, registros de la historia moderna del sonido de este maravilloso e intrigante instrumento, ♪♫
@craigryding2989
Жыл бұрын
I’m very interested in the Schubert Octet recording, transcribed for the orchestra mentioned in this video. I can’t find anything about it.
@Joffewoodwinds
Жыл бұрын
Szell recorded it with Cleveland in 1965 inSeverance Hall. Szell’s version of the Octet was initially issued on LP and then reissued as part if a Centennial CD Edition set in 1997. Neither are available but perhaps eBay might offer a possibility.
@allenr10000
Жыл бұрын
Just great !
@williamrappaport9203
6 ай бұрын
I thought Marcellus’ clarinets had a standard Buffet thumb rest, not an adjustable one.
@Joffewoodwinds
6 ай бұрын
They’ve been modified by their current owner, Ron Odrich-Marcellus’ best friend.
@joeenglert
Жыл бұрын
heard he used a glass mouthpiece as well and that drucker beat him out at some big audition
@emjay2045
Жыл бұрын
😳
@ronodrich88
Жыл бұрын
@@emjay2045 Stanley Drucker won the Curtis audition Bob also tried for. Drucker was chosen. The Glass mouthpiece was a brief experiment which was used on one of the Schubert symphony recordings and quickly abandoned. Ron Odrich
@joeenglert
Жыл бұрын
i was in his master class in the 80s and took several classes with him and brody privately as well...he knew what he thought was right and wasnt too receptive to other opinions,,,such as vibrato being a big no no except in gershwin...brody was much more open minded
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