Klarinet Archive - Posting 000765.txt from 1999/03

From: Bill Baker <bill_chris@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Sabine Meyer's Stamitz
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 21:59:09 -0500

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Chris

At 02:51 3/12/99 , you wrote:
>> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.67
>> Subj: RE: [kl] Sabine Meyer's Stamitz
>
>> It doesn't help that having your own style is discouraged. Anytime I play
>> for a teacher or for competition, if I play it the way the other person
>> wouldn't, they tell me to go listen to a CD.
>>
>> Chris
>
>Chris, this is where you have to have iron balls. The matter of
>performance practice and style issues is not very well developed
>in todays clarinet world. While our educational system turns out
>magnificently fluid performers, we do not turn out players who
>understand or have studied style issues. And that may be the state
>of the people who are telling you to go listen to a CD.
>
>When told that, you have to be prepared to be polite and rip out
>the throat of the person who suggested that. But nicely or s/he
>will become angry and think you are unworthy.
>
>It is not enough to want to do it differently. You have to be
>very well prepared to go over why you want to do it in a certain way.
>It is not enough to be an iconoclast. You have to be a very well
>educated iconoclast.
>
>
>
>>
>> At 13:52 3/11/99 , you wrote:
>> >> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.48
>> >> Subj: RE: [kl] Sabine Meyer's Stamitz
>> >
>> >> It's already happening. Early 20th C. style was very different from today
>> >> and there are individuals that are investigating that style!
>> >>
>> >> As an aside, the development of recorded sound has resulted in a great
>> >> decrease in performance variation. A certain sameness has crept into the
>> >> interpretation of music. So one day, there may not be a different
style to
>> >> investigate. Our loss.
>> >
>> >Very, very observant point. In my own case I find this so true that I
>> >no longer buy recordings of 18th century solo clarinet music because
>> >every performance has the character of every other performance. Outside
>> >of sound character, there is little to distinguish Sabine Meyer's
>> >performance of K. 622 from that of Frank Cohen's. And in the case of
>> >players as great as these, even sound character is difficult to
>> >identify absolutely. While both performer's execute that work with
>> >equal facility, the thing that should permit each artist to create an
>> >absolutly unique performance has been eliminated from 20th century
>> >playing habits. So to me, they all sound the same. And it is equally
>> >true in live performances of this epoch's music, too.
>> >
>> >In effect, I suggest that the fragile character of music generally
>> >referred to as "classical" (meaning a rough time period) has been
>> >poorly treated by contemporary players and has been poorly treated
>> >since about 1840.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Steve
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Kate Alexander [mailto:blanerne@-----.au]
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 5:49 PM
>> >> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> >> Subject: Re: [kl] Sabine Meyer's Stamitz
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> and yet in 100 years time SABINEs performance will be the correct
>> >> performance style of today .... so will performers be discussing how to
>> >> correctly play HIP of the 20th century???
>> >> Vivace
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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