Klarinet Archive - Posting 000903.txt from 1997/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: professional wind ensembles
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 19:40:41 -0500

At 03:12 PM 11/24/97 -0600, Ed Lacy wrote:
You have shown far more snobbery concerning your preference
>for what you regard as the superiority of the band than anyone has for the
>orchestra.
>
I don't believe anyone in this discussion has suggested any "superiority"
of band over orchestra. But we do feel that band can hold its own.
Methinks you doth protest too much. We are not attacking orchestra music,
only defending against YOUR attack on BAND music.

>In my case, I don't arbitrarily choose to prefer the orchestra, the band,
>jazz, organ music, choral music, the accordian band or the Indonesian
>Gamelan orchestra. What I choose is great music.
>
I don't know about anyone else, but I enjoy orchestra, band, big band jazz,
dixieland, organ (classical and theater), ragtime, etc. Whether the music
is "great" or not I do not feel qualified to say. But as they say, I know
what I like.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.