Klarinet Archive - Posting 001409.txt from 1998/07

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Classical Music and Young People
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 19:52:57 -0400

on 7/29/98 12:19 PM, Paulette W. Gulakowski wrote:

>The Beatles led many people into the
>study of music modes - because they used 'em!

You know you're getting old when the pop music of your youth is the
subject of a musicological treatise! I highly recommend the Cambridge
Music Companion for The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper" album. Very interesting!

Also, in regard to Mozart - I've been reading H.C. Robbins Landon's "The
Mozart Essays" ($9.98 US, Daedelus Books <http://www.daedelus-books.com>
) and he cites the reaction of Empress Maria Luisa to "La Clemenza de
Tito" (commissioned for a coronation). Her remark was that the opera was
"una porcheria tedesca" translated by HCRL as "a German swinishness". So
much for elitism developing taste!

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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