Klarinet Archive - Posting 000799.txt from 2002/04

From: "John P. Varineau" <jvarineau@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Temperament
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 13:11:22 -0400

So eloquently put, Dan.

And such a nice argument against those who insist that the Mozart
clarinet concerto be performed only on an A clarinet (or A Basset
clarinet) in the key of A!

Just so the irony of Dan's argument isn't missed by those who haven't
been readers of the list for a number of years. . . . Can you imagine a
person performing the Mozart Clarinet on a B-flat clarinet [or B-flat
basset clarinet] in the key of B-flat? And now to paraphrase Dan:

>>unless someone hangs out a sign that says, "You
have not heard [the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A] because the entire
piece was transposed [up} a
half step," no one except those with perfect pitch have any
idea that their emotions were supposed to have been catastrophically
realigned. Instead of exhaltation produced by the high C (in theory
because of the key signature of the [concerto]), putting the piece a half
tone
[up] introduces a key signature that was said to be [something different
than A major] in
the [18]th century.>>

Something tells me to prepare for an explosion.

John Varineau

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