Klarinet Archive - Posting 000858.txt from 1998/07

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] The greatest composer
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 16:42:19 -0400

Even if there could be no agreement on whether or not Mahler was the
greatest composer, most could agree that his music is not only great to
listen to, it's a blast to play!

Roger Garrett
IWU

PS.....to those of you who chided me for not attending the Klarinet "bash"
Thursday evening of the Fest.....my apologies - I had just arrived from
Portland, OR and had no idea where the thing was nor how to get there. It
was fun meeting most of you though......I eventually took my name tag off!

On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:
>
> > Ed Lacy suggests that Mahler is the greatest composer. I agree. He
> > was very tall.
>
> Actually, he was very short. However, all his musical output, when the
> scores are stacked on top of each other, is very tall. :-) In fact, all
> his scores together probably weigh more than he did.
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu

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