Klarinet Archive - Posting 000518.txt from 2001/08

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Come on Aaron, think about what you said!
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 04:51:57 -0400

Perhaps Stravinsky was more interested in sonic palate, timbre, etc. than
Beethoven. Is this possible?

Stewart Kiritz

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From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Come on Aaron, think about what you said!

> If you don't think that a composer can hear a character difference
> between the B-flat and A clarinets, why then did Stravinksy call for
> B-flat clarinet in one movement and A in the others (or maybe the other
> way round, I forget). And when Rufus Aerey (spelling??) played them all
> on one clarinet, Stravinsky bit his ass off saying, "I wrote those
> movements for A clarinet because that is what I wanted."
>
> While I grant you have a better ear than Beethoven, all you are doing is
> setting up argument that sustain and already formed opinion on the
> matter. I am unable to argue if this or that sounds better on an A or
> B-flat clarinet. And anyone who says that it does is giving me his/her
> opinion, not fact. The only fact is what instrument the composer chose,
> and I'm not smart enough to second guess him.
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