Klarinet Archive - Posting 000369.txt from 1997/05

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: 20th century inspiration
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 11:50:03 -0400

Well for one thing, Brahms came out of retirement to write for the Clarinet
- because of Muhlfeld. Some of his best work was done post-retirement.
On the other hand, Stadler leeched off of Mozart (financially) so much,
that his pauper status was partly due to that "gentleman".
So are we comparing leeches, or inspiration?

I wrote the "embarrased" as I don't like Goodman's classical recordings at
all. His Mozart is horendous, his Weber - even worse. But he was the
ultimate jazz man.

On Sun, 11 May 1997 00:38:18 -0400 (EDT) Fred Jacobowitz
<fredj@-----.edu> writes:
>Lori,
> What presumption! How can you attribute the sum total of the
>clarinet world of the entire 18th and 19th centuries to those
>respective
>clarinetists???? And how on earth can you say that the 20th century is
>so
>monolithic as to be tied to one clarinetist? A more intelligent way to
>put
>this question would be: ...________________ is to <Corigoiano>, for
>example, in which case the blank would be Drucker. In the case of
>Shulamit
>Ran, the clarinetist would probably be Laura Flax.
>
>Fred Jacobowitz
>Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory
>
>On Fri, 9 May 1997, LORI LOVATO wrote:
>
>> Here's an interesting thought for the list:
>> Anton Stadler was to Mozart, and Richard Muehlfeld was to
>Brahms
>> as ____________________ is to 20th Century clarinet music.
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing from everyone! Lori Lovato
>>
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com