Klarinet Archive - Posting 001187.txt from 1998/01

From: Jarle Brosveet <Jarle.Brosveet@-----.no>
Subj: Re: Grainger's band music
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:25:48 -0500

First I wrote:
>> Versions conceived for band in the first place often sound better or are
>> more substantial than arrangements coming as a afterthought.

Then Roger Garrett replied:
>If I understand your reference to Grainger then, are you suggesting that
>he did not arrange or sketch the others for band as well as others he
>wrote for band? Is that your contention? I am just trying to understand
>exactly what you meant by this statment. Are you saying that Irish Tune
>and others you have mentioned were simply afterthoughts only? That he put
>no true effort into their scoring because they were just to earn him some
>extra salary?

I stand by what I said. Please don't draw conclusions that cannot be
substantiated. I have never said what you try to make others believe that
I think about Grainger and his works. I like his works very much, even the
versions which he or others arranged for wind band. Afterthoughts can be
rewarding, particularly those of Percy Grainger. I have played most of them
several times with a wind band and even conducted the band in Irish Tune.
It will be a pleasure to do so again.

Jarle Brosveet

   
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