Elena Kats-Chernin
Moth Eaten Rag
for clarinet in Bb and piano
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Elena Kats-Chernin
Moth Eaten Rag
for clarinet in Bb and piano
- Instrumentation Clarinet and Piano
- Composer Elena Kats-Chernin
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Piano Score and Part(s) Download
- Publisher Bote & Bock
- Order no. BB3738-DL
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Description:
When I came to Sydney from Russia in 1975 with my sister and parents, we took only a few belongings with us, including beautiful hand-embroidered bed linen. It was so valuable that we never used it. One day I wanted to take a look at these treasures but found that they had moth holes. To ease the pain of losing the family heirloom, I decided to write this piece, says Elena Kats-Chernin. The result was a ragtime (the English word "rag" also means "shred"), interspersed with pauses symbolising the holes. Staccato notes, especially in the clarinet part, represent the biting moths.