Klarinet Archive - Posting 000573.txt from 1997/12

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: The Morales/Clemence of Titus question
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:42:46 -0500

On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:
> I offer the hypothesis that the world of clarinet playing is in the
> middle of a revolution for which we don't have a good
> precedent.........................[snip]
............He did not play several critical notes in the precise
> octaves that Mozart requested chosing, instead, to use an inferior
> version for whatever reason and causing unmusical leaps of an
> octave on several occasions, not only for the notes in question,
> but for passages surrounding them so that arrival and departure
> from the note was not as disruptive as they might otherwise have
> been. I think to be important. Others don't. Chacun a son
> gout.

I found Dan's entire post to be extremely interesting, rewarding, and
illuminating.....I also felt he articulated what he meant to say earlier
in a way that better illustrates what he thought all along. Nowhere in
the new posting does Dan suggest that Morales is a lesser
professional...just that, in Dan's opinion, Morales should be a better
leader in the area of performing works that we now know were intended to
be played a particular way with, hopefully a particular instrument (or
altered current instrument).

I do not believe the new posting is grounds for another pizza Dan, but it
as close as you can get to receiving one! Thanks for the extremely
enjoyable noodle whipping!

Roger Garrett
IWU