Klarinet Archive - Posting 000290.txt from 1994/10

From: Donald Oehler <dloehler@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: National styles of clarinet playing
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 20:04:27 -0400

On Sun, 23 Oct 1994, OLIVER SEELY wrote:

> Still, Don, Dan has a point. There is nothing like a blind
> test to distance one from one's preconceived notions.
>
> How about accepting Dan's challenge?
>
> Oliver
>
Okay, Oliver, would you agree that, let's say, the late Harold Wright of
the Boston Sym. and Mr. Drucker of the New York Phil. had rather
different sounds? (I have no preconceived notions about their playing.) If
so, then, I assume you could easily tell us which was playing when
listening to a symphonic recording of their respective orchestras?