Klarinet Archive - Posting 000379.txt from 2001/11

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stan Geidel's comments on "Bananas"
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 12:59:07 -0500

I have absolutely no idea what your conclusions establishes.

Dan

Tony Pay wrote:
>
> 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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