Klarinet Archive - Posting 000744.txt from 2000/06

From: Labadorf@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Re: Editing music for a recital
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:54:38 -0400

In a message dated 6/18/00 161540, you wrote:

<<Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 12:11:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subject: Editing music for a recital
Message-ID: <10635-394D1EF9-16496@-----.net>

It happens that I dislike one particular note in the piece that I'm
going to play in my first student recital. The note is easy to play, so
it's not as if I'm trying to avoid a difficult fingering. It's just
that the note sounds horrible to me (two major seconds and then three
minor seconds in a row, not a trill).

So here's my question: How much of a 'musical sin' is it to play a
published piece your own way during a recital? Does it show that you
are a crude, uneducated person? a violator of good taste? the
equivalent of deliberately misquoting somebody?
>>

Only if the original composer really intended the note in question. You may
have found a mistake in the music which was not originally intended. It is
good to question such things and research the original intent. As a result,
you may learn why the composer wrote the original note and therefore make
more sense to you. If it is wrong, you will have an opportunity to justify
your change.

Tom Labadorf
Labadorf@-----.com
http://pages.cthome.net/labadorf/

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