Klarinet Archive - Posting 000376.txt from 2001/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Stan Geidel's comments on "Bananas"
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:54:11 -0500

On Thu, 08 Nov 2001 13:03:41 -0800, leeson0@-----.net said:

> Tony Pay wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 08 Nov 2001 11:45:14 -0800, leeson0@-----.net said:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Why do you like it, Dan?
>
> Because it pleases me. I find the harmonies wonderful, the ensemble
> great, the melodies satisfying, and the overall effect stupdendous.
> But does the fact that I find it these things make it a great work for
> all? Absolutely not. That is not a subject on which I am qualified to
> comment.

When someone went to study with Mozart, he had other things to say about
their compositions, in dimensions different from the "satisfying,
pleasant, wonderful, great, stupendous" one.

That's what made them improve.

I do understand that you're not qualified to comment. Nor am I.

But that's different from saying that no such comment is possible.

Tony
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