Klarinet Archive - Posting 000120.txt from 1994/07

From: 00smgeidel@-----.EDU
Subj: Re: Kegelstatt not neat; possible reason?
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 08:53:46 -0400

Friends,

>>Dan Leeson notes that the Kegelstatt m'script is less neat than most Mozart,
>>but does not know why. I offer this possible explanation only half in
>>jest.
>>Legend has it (as I recall) that the Kegelstatt trio was written for some of
>>Mozart's drinking-buddy musicians, at a tavern out in the country. Could
>>it have been written after quite a few beers? (If so, his creative ability
>>was not touched at all.)

This is extremely unlikely. Most sources agree that this is the
stuff of legend. In my opinion he was simply hurrying due to other
pieces being on his mind. I have a facsimile of the manuscript and it
is absolutely fascinating... lots of shorthand and abbreviations.

Stan Geidel

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