Klarinet Archive - Posting 000052.txt from 2001/04

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Fw: [kl] [Fwd: [kl] RE: Jonathan Cohler and friends in
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 12:43:23 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: "stewart kiritz" <kiritz@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] [Fwd: [kl] RE: Jonathan Cohler and friends in
"Clarinetissimo!"]

> Dan,
>
> I am confused because I sent you a reply immediately after I got your
email.
> I will try to send it again.
>
> In the meantime I need to clarify that I am not opposed to vibrato on the
> clarinet. I actually like it when it is used subtly as part of the
> expressive vocabulary of the clarinetist. I just don't particularly enjoy
> listening to players who have a rather constant vibrato on almost every
> note, as does a string player. As I said in my previous email, I don't
> think there is a right or wrong in aesthetics. Some people like peanut
> butter and some don't. There are Wagner lovers and Wagner haters. I hate
> mayonaisse on a corned beef sandwich. Who is to say that I am right or
> wrong. Maybe my psychoanalyst would know, if I had one. If you like
> clarinet styles that utilize vibrato a lot it's fine with me. I simply
> enjoy listening to other clarinetists, and there are plenty of wonderful
> ones for me to choose from. There is room for lots of styles and
different
> audiences. No?
>
> Take care,
>
> Stewart Kiritz
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 8:56 AM
> Subject: [kl] [Fwd: [kl] RE: Jonathan Cohler and friends in
> "Clarinetissimo!"]
>
>
> > The note below was sent to Klarinet about a week ago. Stewart has had
> > long enough to respond. So either he did not see my request of him
> > (most likely) or he just doesn't feel like being questioned (much less
> > likely).
> >
> > There is no statement that can be made on this list that is so silly
> > that we can't proble and learn from a good response. And I am still
> > trying my very best to learn from statements that make me shudder at
> > their apparent intolerance. Vibrato is at the top of the list.
> >
> > I've never heard a substantive statement about why vibrato is not (or
> > should not be) used on a clarinet, though a lot of people do hold that
> > opinion. So when Stewart offered his unexplained view about not caring
> > for it, I figured "Ah, maybe I can learn something" and, ashamedly,
> > perhaps also figured "Ah, maybe Stewart can learn something."
> >
> > So here is another request (and my last to Stewart - if he does not
> > respond to this one, I'll think badly of him and sent guilt over the
> > internet; he'll not survive that). Why, Stewart, are you so opposed to
> > vibrato on a clarinet? Give me the greatest gift that you can give me
> > by allowing me to learn something here. No joke. I want to learn, and
> > there is no one so unsophisticated that s/he cannot teach me (not that I
> > suggest that Stewart is unsophisticated).
> >
> > Dan Leeson
> > --
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> > ** Dan Leeson **
> > ** leeson0@-----.net **
> > ***************************
>
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