Klarinet Archive - Posting 000353.txt from 2001/11

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stan Geidel's comments on "Bananas"
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:01:57 -0500

Well, to be frank, there was a girl in high school who I thought was the
world's greatest kisser, but that's not really the same thing.

Stan Geidel wrote:
>
> Dan,
>
> Here I had this whole scheme in mind to checkmate you (it was going to
> happen 2 messages from now), and you changed the game on me!
>
> If truly you have no opinion on whether or not KV 361 is a great work, then
> I concede. If you are fibbing, you are honor-bound to immediately confess,
> and the game is back on!
>
> (Also, I may head over to the library and see if you've ever written
> anything in which you offer the opinion that a particular work or composer
> is great. If you have, then the game is definitely back on, my friend!)
>
> All the best,
> Stan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Stan Geidel's comments on "Bananas"
>
> > Insofar as whether or not the Gran Partitta is a great work, I have no
> > idea if it is or is not. I like it. I think it is a wonderful piece.
> > It pleases me no end. I would like to think it would please me if it
> > were by Fred Schnurtz rather than Mozart but I do have a predilection
> > for Mozart. I also notice that some other people like it too, but my
> > opinion is neither formed by someone else's views nor altered simply on
> > the basis of a disagreement of quality.
> >
> > Did you notice that every response indicating a positive reaction
> > includes reference to its effect on me. But that does not mean anything
> > in the broader scheme. In effect, I am unqualified to determine
> > universal greatness, only what I think is good for me. After all, how
> > can you ask such a question of a man who thinks that Yes We Have No
> > Bananas is better than Beethoven's 9th?
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > Stan Geidel wrote:
> > >
> > > Dan Leeson writes:
> > >
> > > > Stan, I was listening to a composition of yours just the other day,
> and
> > > > because of mistake made by the radio announcer, it was said to be a
> work
> > > > by Beethoven. I thought it beautiful until the announcer corrected
> > > > himself and said it was by Geidel. Then, of course, I turned against
> it
> > > > viciously. Now that I know who wrote, I conclude that it must be
> awful,
> > > > though the clarinet part was very idiomatic.
> > > > Get my point?
> > >
> > > Dan, a very interesting point; a very thought-provoking one at that.
> Let me
> > > try to begin to answer by asking you a question:
> > >
> > > Taken solely on its own merits, is Mozart's Serenade for Winds (no 10 in
> B
> > > flat major, K 361 (370a) "Gran Partita") a great work? (No references
> to
> > > other Mozart works or the works of any other composers allowed.)
> > >
> > > Stan Geidel
> > > ___________________
> > > Stanley Geidel
> > > Editor and Publisher
> > > THE ONLINE CLARINET RESOURCE
> > > www.ocr.sneezy.org
> > >
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> >
> > --
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> > ** Dan Leeson **
> > ** leeson0@-----.net **
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> >
> >
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