Klarinet Archive - Posting 000403.txt from 1997/10

From: "C Henderson" <chenderson@-----.au>
Subj: Re: K. 622
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 01:33:07 -0400

Lou wrote:
> About
> playing these concerti on other instruments, the question is why? Asid=
e
> from the fact that they were written for the voice of the clarinet, why
> would a flutist with so much very good flute lit want to play the Mozar=
t?
> Or any other instrument for that matter.
>
Surely just because they enjoy the piece and want to be able to express =

that on their own instrument, whatever that might be. And since Mozart's=
works are way beyond copyright restrictions, there's no *ethico-legal* =
problem with that, whatever musicians may feel about there being an aesth=
etic problem. After all, if the original isn't destroyed (and thus can =
always be used by purists), where's the problem? Or must we insist that =
everyone plays it exactly as was originally intended? Wasn't there a dis=
cussion a few months back on ornamentation of Mozart's era that basically=
concluded that we can't know for sure exactly how it *was* played?

My opinion, FWIW

Clare
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