Klarinet Archive - Posting 000931.txt from 1999/09

From: "Jay Webler" <webler@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE:Leeson/Mozart/Marcellus
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 11:22:31 -0400

When I get to the point in my playing that I can play what
is written as well as a master like Marcellus, then I will worry
about what he didn't play.

Jay Webler
Jay's Clarinet and Percussion

On Sun, 26 Sep 1999 10:56:36 -0400, Gregory Smith wrote:

>DAN LEESON WROTE:
>"David, the subject of improvisation in Mozart (of which, of course,
>K. 622 is a small piece of a very big problem) has been both under
>discussion and in implementation since the mid 1960s. Actual recorded
>performances of such activity can be found by the early 1970s. Marcellus
>knew of the practice by virtue of the fact that he was so opposed to it,
>but I suspect that he never had an opportunity to discuss it at any
>length, partly because there weren't that many people around at the
>time that could discuss it with him, and second, because he was a very
>conservative person who was cautious about change, particularly change
>that he believed was not in the best interests of the music that he
>played so very well. He also was influenced by Szell who was even
>more conservative.
>

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