Klarinet Archive - Posting 000225.txt from 1997/06

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Improvisation & A Clarinet Sound, Related Topics?
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 12:56:02 -0400

Perhaps there has been more than one idea of what "what is written" is,
over the years......
Roger Shilcock

On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Craig E. Countryman wrote:

> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 11:36:40 -0400
> From: "Craig E. Countryman" <cegc@-----.net>
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: Improvisation & A Clarinet Sound, Related Topics?
>
> As to the type of clarinet used, I would say that this depends on mainly
> the composer's wishes, but also practicality. I know that there
> certainly aren't many D Clarinets lying around, so transposing to the Eb
> may make some sense. However, if you can respect the composer's wishes
> you should.
>
> In Mozart's time since improvisation was so common and expected you were
> most likely regarding the wishes of the composer by doing some kind of
> improvisation (as long as it is well reasoned and thought out).
>
> So, if a parallel can be drawn between the two, I would have to say one
> should respect a composer's wishes unless absoulutely impossible!
>
> I think we are biased by an attitude that says "play what is written",
> and we automatically assume it has always been this way.
>
> Does this help?
> ----------------
> Craig Countryman
> cegc@-----.net
>
>
> "No one can arrive from being talented alone. God
> gives talent; work transforms talent into genius."
> -Anna Pavlova, Russian Ballerina
>