Klarinet Archive - Posting 000557.txt from 1997/05

From: Ken Bryson <kbryson@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Teaching how to fish (was RE: Miklos Rozsa Sonatina opus 27)
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 22:55:56 -0400

Gary,

Thanks for the additional info on Baker's. I'm looking forward to
getting my hands on some version/edition of it soon!

Nancy

Gary Young wrote:
>
> Nancy--
>
> I agree with both your points. I thought Fred's suggestions were valuable,
> and were obviously intended to be helpful. I'm writing to add that
> Baker's, as it is called, was originally by Baker, but more recently has
> been by Nicolas Slonimsky (I think the 9th edition was his last before he
> died). He has a generous spirit and an astonishing sense of humor (look up
> Slonimsky, Nicolas, in Baker's; then look up Zappa, Frank). It is not
> expensive like Grove's, and anyone who loves music should save up to buy it
> (I paid $35 for the 8th edition). It's the kind of reference book you
> can't put down, partly because it is so funny, partly because it's so
> instructive. I wonder if Schirmer's will continue it under another author.
> It's hard to imagine anyone following in Slonimsky's footsteps.
>
> Gary Young
> Madison, WI
>
> ----------
> From: Ken Bryson[SMTP:kbryson@-----.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 1997 10:08 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: Miklos Rozsa Sonatina opus 27
>
> Just another brief comment of Fred's venture into Leesonism. It seems
> that Ken is taking this personally, which I think is unfortunate. I
> think that Fred is following the old adage that if you give a man a
> fish, you feed him for a day; if you teach him HOW to fish, you feed him
> for a lifetime. Ultimately, it is much more valuable and liberating to
> know how to get information from standard sources than to have someone
> spoon-feed information bit by bit as requested. Also, I think it is
> important not to abuse the generosity and goodwill of the most
> knowledgeable members of this list by pestering them for information
> that is readily available from standard reference works. Thank you Fred
> for naming a couple of them. I was aware of Groves, but Baker's is new
> to me. I'll check it out.
>
> Nancy