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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000076.txt from 2003/07

From: Guy Mallery <wa2msu@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Mozart/Devienne?
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:02:07 -0400

Hello Jim,

What is it Arthur Weisberg says? Something to
the effect of: Either it's somewhat poor by Mozart's
standard, or really good for Devienne...(!)
If you believe it's French, there's always the
Jacques Ibert Cadenza(!)

There was a discussion started on the IDRS list
that someone had found an entire stack of unknown
"Parthias" of (one of Mozarts contemporaries) the
Viennese oboist JN Went. (could very well be spurious...)

I start to salivate when I hear of "unknown"
period Viennese MS being found in the Czech-lands...
The real Mozarts' may well be out there, somewhere!

Good luck.

Regards,
Guy Mallery
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contrabassoon

--- James Jeter <jyjeter@-----.com> wrote:
> Several years ago, the Jack Spratt Music Co. published the "Mozart 2nd
> Bassoon Concerto" (edited by Jack Spratt - Manfred Sax recorded this work
> with the Tonhalle Orchester of Zurich). There was much speculation at the
> time, regarding the authenticity of Mozart's writing this work - many
> attributed it to Devienne. Just wondered if the musicologists on our list
> could clarify who the actual composer was. Thanks in advance for any
> response. Jim

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