Klarinet Archive - Posting 000473.txt from 2002/09

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] performance notes (was: PROBLEMS)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:24:49 -0400

on 9/12/2002 9:27 PM, David Naden wrote:

>check the liner notes of any CD, and you will find performance
>notes. When I performed the Stravinsky on my Master's recital, I reviewed
>the liner notes of at least 7-10 recordings. I found more tidbits from
>those recordings than most other sources.

Sorry, I'm a little late catching up to this thread.

I agree with David that there is a lot of interesting information to be
found on CD booklets and LP liner notes. But one caveat is that one has
to check the accuracy of this information against some sort of reliable
primary source material. Sometimes that material can be hard to find, if
not impossible. But the people who write these liner notes have to get
their information somewhere, and for the sake of accuracy, it is
necessary to try to find out where. A lot of "myths" have been passed on
by copying spurious information from one program note to a recording
booklet to the next program note, etc.

So, beware...!

David

David Niethamer
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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