Klarinet Archive - Posting 000197.txt from 1997/06

From: Gary Hopkins <ghopkins@-----.net>
Subj: Improvisation
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 21:25:56 -0400

All this talk about improvisation got me to thinking. I have never heard
anyone mention ever having picked up any good Mozart "licks" anywhere...or
even Vivaldi licks....or Stanley Drucker licks. I guess if I ended the
Mozart Concerto or Brahams Sonata with the "shave and a haircut six bits"
lick it would be alright in someone's opinion. I can see someone being
creative when coming up with a cadenza, but for the most part I much rather
hear someone play the music as it was intended to be played. If you want to
improvize spend your time doing it to something other than the standard
clarinet literature.

Just my unsolicited opinion.

Gary Hopkins