Klarinet Archive - Posting 000299.txt from 2002/01

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Performance from memory
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:34:52 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Brash [mailto:mactrek@-----.com]
> Does anyone know why chamber music "shouldn't?" be memorized?
>
> ~Alexander
>
I hinted at this in my post: whether or not the music _is_ memorized is in
an important way different from whether or not it's _performed_ from memory.
I'm not so sure that active players don't end up pretty thoroughly
memorizing lots of standard pieces from both the standard chamber and
symphonic repertories. But the sheer size of these repertories makes playing
those concerts from memory, I think, impractical.

Of course conductors do it. But then when they have a memory lapse we just
bury our faces in our music and haul them out of trouble. :-)

Karl Krelove

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