Klarinet Archive - Posting 000776.txt from 2000/03

From: James Langdell <jamesc@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wagner/Publishers
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:01:22 -0500

"Dr. Laroy Borchert" <lborcher@-----.edu> wrote:
> I place much of the blame, not on students who believe what they read on the
> cover of the music, but on the publishers who, after close to 40 years,
> still knowingly publish the piece with Wagner's name listed as the
> composer.

I suspect that publishers realize that they'll sell more
copies of a piece by "Wagner" than by "Baermann". That's
sadly a disincentive to switch completely over to the
truth.

The real message publishers should convey is this: "Here's
a movement that has been published incorrectly under Wagner's
name. Notice that is sounds just as wonderful without
that name. It wasn't just a case where a big composer's name
blinded your critical faculties -- this really is a nice piece
of music. Now here's some more pieces by the real composer,
Heinrich Baerman, that you might enjoy as much as the familiar Adagio."

--James Langdell jamesc@-----.net

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