Klarinet Archive - Posting 000460.txt from 1996/04

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Jennifer Hefferlin and K. 622 redux
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 14:48:04 -0400

Dan mentions that Stadler lost the autograph to K.622. Is that correct?
I'd heard it was lost at a picnic because whoever had it (Constanze?)
left it behind (inside a picnic basket). What's the story?

I also remember reading that K. 622, when it was just a twinkle in
Mozart's eye, was originally conceived for basset horn in G, but then
revised by the composer. If that's the case, then all this hoopla about
how to play it correctly is a more-than-mild farce because everybody's
playing it on the wrong instrument in the first place -- especially if
they're playing it on soprano clarinet! Again, what's the story?

Neil