Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 1997/06

From: "Todd and Lynnette Staley" <nette@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Improvisation
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 21:57:02 -0400

Everyone has their opinion. I just happen to agree very strongly with
yours. Well spoken!
--
Todd & Lynnette Staley
email: nette@-----.net

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> From: Gary Hopkins <ghopkins@-----.net>
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Improvisation
> Date: Sunday, June 15, 1997 8:25 PM
>
> 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
>

   
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