Klarinet Archive - Posting 001304.txt from 1999/03

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fred Jackobowitz' coments about Schifrin's playing
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 18:41:44 -0500

On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:

> The last thing that is expected from a performer should be a
> duplication of what is written in the score. That's paradoxical. The
> performer has to think of himself/herself as a painter who has been
> given an incomplete canvas, one on which a certain basic picture
> architecture has been placed there by the original artist, the
> composer. It is the performer's duty to complete the canvas in a
> highly personalized way.

So, Dan, as a part of this individualized interpretation, should the
clarinetist also exercise his/her discretion in choosing the instrument on
which he/she will play? Is it OK to choose Yamaha or LeBlanc or Selmer
instead of Buffet, if that is what the players musical sensibilities
dictate? And, does the player have free choice of which mouthpiece and
reed to use? And finally, can the player choose the key of the
instrument, for example, A or Bb clarinet according to his/her concept of
tone?

(I know I'm not fooling you - I was trying to sneak up on you. But, it's
a serious question, and I'll be interested in reading your response.)

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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