Klarinet Archive - Posting 001239.txt from 1998/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart and the right clarinet
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 23:00:23 -0400

At 12:09 PM 7/26/98 -0700, Matt Palasik wrote:
>Is it possible that when Mozart wrote for a particular clarinet part of
>his decision was based upon the avai;lable musicians at the time. Could
>he not have written a particular piece for the A clarinet because he
>wanted a particular person to play it. SO that this persons tone on
>his particular clarinet is what Mozart was looking for in the overall
>tonal aspect of the music.
>
For the K622, I can buy this argument, and maybe for the Quintet and other
clarinet solo/chamber works as well. But for symphonies, etc., the logical
extension of this argument is that he was tailoring his music to EACH AND
EVERY player in the orchestra! I cannot believe that even Mozart, genius
that he was, had the excess brainpower, much less the time and inclination,
to get that deep into the minor variances of individuals' sounds.

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