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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000074.txt from 2004/04

From: Guy Mallery <wa2msu@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Mozart (Bassoon) Question
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:12:08 -0400

Howdy,

100 cl M2-m2-M2-m2-M2
101 fg M2-??-M2-m2-M2
102 fl M2-m2-M2-m2-M2
103 cl M2-m2-M2-m2-M2

etc.

Guy

--- James Jeter <jyjeter@-----.com> wrote:
> To the musicologists (closet or otherwise!) on the list, I have a
> question about a single 32nd note in Mozart's Symphony Nr. 40 (g minor).
>
> In the 2nd movement (andante) in measure 101 (or 2 measures after Letter
> F), on the 3rd beat (of 6), 2nd pair of 32nd notes, my Kalmus 1st
> bassoon part has a D-flat slurred to C natural. The C natural is clearly
> dissonant and sounds wrong - also when the flute plays the same passage
> later, there's definitely NOT a dissonance involved.
>
> The conductor looked at his score and told me the score is definitely a
> C natural, but I'm wondering if this is really an OLD misprint, and the
> note should be a C-flat (this C-flat 32nd is used in measure 103, and
> sounds correct.)
>
> Perhaps a Mozart "specialist" could clear this up. If the conductor
> insists on the C natural, I'll just keep a very "low profile" for that
> particular note.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help on this. Jim
>
> --
> James Jeter, D.M.A.
> NYC Bassoonist
> http://www.westfieldnj.com/wso/jeter.htm
>
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