Klarinet Archive - Posting 000218.txt from 1995/06

From: "Sydney R. Polk" <jazzman@-----.NET>
Subj: Original clarinets
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 14:59:09 -0400

Dan argues quite convincingly a case for playing music on the clarinet
that the music was written for. I have two points.

- Why not take it to the extreme and play every thing on period instruments?
I mean, that is what the composer wrote for.

- Mr. Leeson is a member of a professional symphony orchestra. As such,
it is his duty to reproduce the music as best he can, and as a consequence,
must purchase all of these clarinets. This is appropriate in a professional
setting; however, for the rest of us, transposing those C clarinets is
a necessity.

Syd Polk