Klarinet Archive - Posting 000291.txt from 1998/11

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mozart and a "new concerto"
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 18:09:36 -0500

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.12
> Subj: RE: [kl] Mozart and a "new concerto"

> At 08:24 AM 11/9/98 +0000, Dan wrote:
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> >Laroy, if you believe this one, there is a bridge in Brooklyn that
> >I would like to sell to you.
>
> I think that I'd trust Dan on this one. Still, the fact that someone has
> suggested that the concerto might work well with clarinet and in this day
> and age of music notation programs and MIDI files, the temptation is just too
> sweet to resist. I'll look around for existing MIDI files first and if I
> can't find
> any, I'll make the conversion one of my next projects. I mean ANYTHING but
> another septet. Those things are labors of love!! And can you believe, I
> have
> four more septets (which include clarinet) staring at me on my desk at home:
> one by Lachner, one by Kreutzer and two others which I can't remember. The
> legacy of the clarinet literature which has been handed down to us is
> fabulous
> and contains so much stuff that hardly every gets played. But there are only
> 24 hours in a day!! 8-)
>
> Oliver

Oliver, if one of those septets is the one by Berwald, that is a very
worthwhile piece of music. Years ago I heard a septet by Juan Ariagga
(spelling) and I went crazy for it, but could never find the music or
even reference to the fact that he had written such a work. If you
find that one, I'll buy you a pizza.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
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