Klarinet Archive - Posting 000533.txt from 2000/01

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Bb Clarinet part for Mozart clarinet quintet?
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 20:19:00 -0500

On Sun, 16 Jan 2000 20:01:01 -0500, charette@-----.org said:

> Tony wrote:
>
> > I think that the English musician was a viola player, and I remember
> > one phrase: he said that Muehlfeld's sound was "a joke" as far as he
> > was concerned.
>
> Perhaps the same violist that appears in "Clarinet" by Jack Brymer,
> though it doesn't seem to be that the violist thought of Muhlfeld's
> playing as a joke. (I have this quote on a section concerning Vibrato
> on http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet)

[snip]

Yes, I've clearly conflated two reports in my mind. Obviously this is
the viola player. And certainly the phrase "a warm tone" and the
adjective "fiery" go against the notion that Muehlfeld's tone was at all
weak.

But I'm sure that there is a 'joke' comment from one listener. I
remember being very struck by it, perhaps even a bit shocked. But
perhaps, as David suggested, it was too loud for some, and *that* was
the joke. Charles Draper would, I think, have been the player
most providing the context for a contemporary British judgement.

Tony
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