Klarinet Archive - Posting 001279.txt from 2000/05

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] You'll be able to say "I knew about that!!" :-)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 12:33:08 -0400

A third premise has been ignored. A person who knows a lot about paper,
watermarks, inks, Mozart's handwriting style, and history, along with a
forger of great skill considers the problems of forging a document which
is then passed off as the long lost autograph. If it is done with
exceptional skill, who the hell would know the difference???????

"Dr. Laroy Borchert" wrote:
>
> Premise #1: In a modern, scholarly remaking of the Faust legend, a noted
> musicologist sells his soul to the devil in return for the original
> autograph score to Mozart's K. 622 Clarinet Concerto and a chance to make
> The Definitive recording of all time.
>
> Premise #2: Our scholarly, time traveling hero tracks down the first usage
> of the word "dark" to describe tone quality and makes sure that the
> published version never makes it on to the printed page. An action-packed
> thriller this new novel is the first of a series dealing with semantic
> adventures and mis-adventures.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 11:05 AM
> Subject: [kl] You'll be able to say "I knew about that!!"
>
> > Folks, I've got a novel going and the planning process is a third
> > through. It's a fiction novel that has a great deal to do with clarinet
> > things and I don't want to go into any greater detail than that for the
> > moment.
> >
> > There is still a year's work ahead of me. For those of you who don't
> > know it, I do a lot of fiction writing in addition to a ton of non
> > fiction stuff, and already have a number of fiction short stories
> > published. Novels are harder.
> > Just be aware that anyone who thinks he or she can discover the premise
> > of my in-progress novel on the basis of these questions is probably
> > right, but don't ask for corroboration.
>
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