Klarinet Archive - Posting 000817.txt from 2000/10

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart and clarinet range
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 17:47:09 -0400

Sorry Bill, but this argument does not wash. We have clear and
unambiguous evidence of what Mozart wrote for solo basset clarinet in
the very year in which he wrote K. 622, namely, the opera Titus in which
a basset clarinet accompanies Sesto for the aria, Non piu di fiori, and
one finds no high g in that aria. Now you can explain this away 42 ways
to Sunday, but if the argument is that the presence of the new clarinet
allowed Mozart to use the new notes available on it, then the absence of
the high G in the Titus is very telling evidence against the theory you
suggest.

Besides, he had the basset clarinet at least as far back as K. 581 and
one finds no high G in that work either.

Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
> At 11:47 AM 10/14/2000 -0700, Dan Leeson wrote:
> >I think I began this discussion with a very simply premise. Namely,
> >that there is no evidence to justify the use of altissimo G in the
> >Mozart concert as Joaquin did on his magnificent performance with the
> >English chamber orchestra. It is measureably unMozartean because all
> >the evidence we have says that Mozart NEVER used that note.
> >
> David Hattner's post on this subject does not actually state but may be
> implying the evidence we have that, when presented with a keyboard of
> increased range, Mozart's compositions immediately made use of the
> extention. The same applies to the basset clarinet. Thus, while we don't
> have proof in black and white on staff paper, there is strong evidence to
> suggest that Mozart was willing and even eager to avail himself or the
> latest advances in instrument technology. From that it seems reasonable to
> conclude from that would not have dismissed the possibility of a high G out
> of hand unless there was some other reason to do so, possibly faulty
> intonation, but who knows? Unfortunately, Mozart died much to early to
> write his Quintet for 2 Saxophones, Electric Guitar, Synthesiser, and Tape
> Recorder. :-)
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>
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