Klarinet Archive - Posting 000672.txt from 2000/01

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Bb Clarinet part for Mozart clarinet quintet?
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:57:19 -0500

On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:53:46 -0500 "Allen J. Levin"
<alevin@-----.net> wrote:

> I remember being taught as "gospel" in the 60's and 70's that
> Muehlfeld's tone was thin and uncharacteristic of the clarinet.

Did he/she/they mention the evidence for teaching you that?

> My recollection is that it was thought to be more string-like, and
> not what we would want or expect.

Which 'we' is that?

> (I've always suspected that the sound was somewhere between bad
> klezmer and bad Dixieland.)

Oh.

On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:52:51 -0500, "Allen J. Levin"
<alevin@-----.net> further wrote:

> I tend to think that he was more like Acker Bilk - but with some
> technique!

What did you think of Stadler, Allen?

Tony
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