Klarinet Archive - Posting 000524.txt from 2000/01

From: DPhilpot@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Bb Clarinet part for Mozart clarinet quintet?
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 18:46:39 -0500

Tony: Interesting that you have heard that Muehlfeld's sound wasn't
especially forceful. Other reports I have read, and I haven't the slightest
idea at the moment where those reports were printed, was that he had such a
strong sound that some listeners were offended by it. That would seem to be
supported by the thick writing Brahms used in creating the piano parts for
the sonatas. Anyway, I don't think I've communicated my point about the
response angle: it doesn't have to do with fingers but the response from
inside the clarinet, not the the fingering outside. It might be reed or
mouthpiece response or just some characteristic of the instrument, but there
are times when fingers do a perfect job, but the instrument doesn't. I doubt
that we will be able to determine why Muehlfeld chose the Bb over the A, but
will have to concede that he did so for some very good reason which made
perfect sense to him. Doug P.

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