Klarinet Archive - Posting 000009.txt from 1997/07

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: K622 revisted
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 06:53:43 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.13
> Subj: K622 revisted

> With all the talk recently about our beloved Clarinet Concerto by Mozart I just had to throw in
> something very odd about k622.
>
> I use A LOT of sand paper and emery cloth in my work and curiously enough the product number for
> the Norton emery cloth I use is....K622! Of course I only use this on my professional products.
>
> I was wondering if any of you have ever noticed any other numeric corollaries from the musical
> world to the rest of the universe?
>
>
> Clark W Fobes

With respect to Clark's observation, I add the following.

Once, at my home, a not very knowledgeable music lover (that's not
a criticism) asked me what the Koechel numbers stood for in
reference toe Mozart's music. Without an instant's hesitation, I
went to my bookshelf and took down the score of Don Giovanni in
the Neue Mozart Ausgabe.

Turning to the title page, the K. listing of 527 is given. Now it so
happens that this particular volume has exactly 527 pages. So
naturally, I showed this to the interested party and said, "The
Koechel listing tells one how many pages there are in the
printed score." It was not easy to say that and keep a straight
face and for a while the person believed it.

Naturally, it is the only volume in the 200 in which this
ridiculous coincidence occurs.

>
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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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