Klarinet Archive - Posting 000373.txt from 1999/05

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Today's NY Times (5/4/99)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:22:06 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.76
> Subj: RE: [kl] Today's NY Times (5/4/99)

> >@-----.org> =====
> >On Tue, 4 May 1999 07:41:07 -1300, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:
> >
> >>
> In a few years,
> >>players who do NOT use them when playing 581 or 622 will be open
> >>to serious criticism from the cognoscenti (and rightly so).
> >>
> >
> >It's nice to know that the times are exciting because someday
> >in the future we'll have something else to criticize people for.
> >I can hardly wait.
> >
> >Jay Webler
>
> I find this rather frightening, as I personally can not afford to buy a basset
> clarinet. Does this mean that simply because one can not afford an expensive
> instrument, that they are a sub-par player or will not be allowed the joy of
> performing and experiencing K. 581 & K. 622?

Erin, it is like anything else in life. You either move forward
with the technology or you get left behind. I am not a soothsayer
and can only suggest where things are going, but more and more
clarinetists are making the jump and if you want to give a performance
that is closer to Mozart's conception, you are going to have to jump
too. Otherwise more and more educated concertgoers are going to notice
that you are not in the forefront of technology.

If you were a physician, how long do you think you could practice if
you ignored all improvements to the tools of your trade?

>
> ebray@-----.edu
> Erin Bray
> Grad. Assistant
> University of Tennessee, Knoxville
>
>
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