Klarinet Archive - Posting 000571.txt from 1999/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] basset clarinet and K622
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 18:06:16 -0400

At 10:33 AM 5/13/99 EDT, LeliaLoban wrote:
>I agree that it's *best* to play music on original instruments when
possible,
>but I hope teachers won't banish a composer as important as Mozart from
>clarinet students' repertories when the kids can't afford basset clarinets.
>Now I play Baroque and early classical music on my clarinets and on
>saxophones, too, even though the saxes were invented nearly a century after
>Bach and Scarlatti died. I'd love to find a good used (cheap!) clarinet in
>A, or better yet, a basset, but in the meantime, I've also been working on
>the Mozart concerto, on a Bb clarinet. I'd use a kazoo if that were all I
>could get. The cat doesn't complain and as an irresponsible amateur, I
don't
>have to give a flying fandango if anybody else doesn't like the idea.
It's a
>big world with room enough for a lot of approaches. As long as a
substantial
>number of people remain nobly committed to historically correct performance
>(however that's defined from one generation to the next), Mozart can survive
>a few anachronisms from the rest of us.
>
You've put it all into this paragraph alone! Those of us who, like you,
continue to play the Mozart in our own basements on our Bb clarinets,
hoping that eventually we will find someone who can hack the transposed
piano accompaniment, thank you. Historical correctness is wonderful for
those with the resources, and benefits us all, but only if not taken to
absurd lengths.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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