Klarinet Archive - Posting 000859.txt from 1997/12

From: Lisa Clayton <clayton@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Morales
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 20:26:15 -0500

At 04:02 PM 12.18.97 -0700, you wrote:
>> claire sanders wrote:
>>
>> > If everyone played everything EXACTLY as the composer intended EVERY
SINGLE
>> > TIME, wouldn't this world be really boring musically?
>> > Claire M. Sanders
>> > Secretary, Zeta Sigma Chapter, Sigma Alpha Iota
>> > Secretary, ASU Band Council
>> > bab603@-----.edu
>> > =>-->-->-----
>
>Chaos theory says things cannot happen exactly the same more than once.
>The idea (and again, in my opinion) is to play as the composer intended as
>closely as possible. And besides, because instruments and concert halls,
>etc., differ, the music will sound different anyway. It's all how the
>listener responds to it, neh?

I have a question (keeping in mind my ignorance as an avocational
clarinetist): If the idea is to play a composition *exactly* as
the composer intended, wouldn't it follow that recordings such
as Eddie Daniels' "Five Seasons" aren't artistic statements but
instead novelties?

Lisa Clayton
clayton@-----.edu