Klarinet Archive - Posting 000886.txt from 2001/06

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl] Judgement suspended... a good or bad habit?
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:29:29 -0400

Every composer has written passages that don't work as well as others.
Usually - and especially among the very best composers - it's just a matter
of degree. There are competent musicians who aren't comfortable with the
last movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

It has been said of Mozart and Salieri that the difference between them
reflects Mozart's perfectionist approach to his music, while Salieri wasn't
willing to put just a little more effort into it.

Oversimplified but not far off the mark.

At 10:09 PM 6/28/01 -0700, you wrote:
> While I was listening to a CD, I caught myself thinking: "That
>phrase sounded really offensive! Why is it there?..... but since this
>composer is world class, I'll try to remember the sound of it and listen
>to a few more measures before I decide whether there was a reason for it
>or not."
>
> In fact, the offensive phrase (which was not a modulation that
>fitted with both the preceding and following phrases) _did_ enhance what
>followed; but my memory of the initial discomfort stuck with me to the
>end of the piece.
>
> Is music something of the moment, or is it proper to ask the
>listener to look back and reconsider? Reminds me of a doctor who says,
>"This is going to hurt, but it's for your own good...."

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