Ok, if you are composing a piece of music and you want to insert an anti-semitic* shriek, what key would you use?
Hint: It's evidently used in all of Mahler's symphonies.
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*given that it's allegedly in all of Mahler's symphonies, I am confused as to whether an "anti-semitic shriek" is a shriek that is anti-semitic, or whether it is something that shrieks at anti-semitism. On second thought, I am just confused, period.
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I was hoping one of you music theory types would be able to explain this one. The only thing I could think of was that the E-flat clarinet is used in Klezmer music, but I still don't get the Mahler, anti-semitism, E-flat connection.
The best I can come up with (via a commenter) is that, yes, the Eb Clarinet in the first symphony is supposed to evoke Klezmer; but does that mean it holds for the rest of his oeuvre?
I've responded a bit to this issue over at Detritus Review. Sorry for the misplacement — I ran across SA's post before yours.
Wow. That is awesome! I can't look at scores right now (midterms), but will check out that score (and perhaps MTT's website, too). Thanks for posting that explanation.
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