Klarinet Archive - Posting 000184.txt from 2002/10

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: RE: [kl] Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 2
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:07:21 -0400

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:01:52 +0100 (BST),
roger.shilcock@-----.uk said:

> Re vibrato in Brahms -- there is an anecdote about Muehlfeld which
> claims he used it, propagated by Jack Brymer. I don't know whether
> there is any other "evidence" of this - this word has to be put in
> quotes, I think.

That sums it up.

There is no hard evidence that Muehlfeld used vibrato, despite what has
been said by others here.

On another tack: whilst understanding why it's natural to want to listen
to the performances that are available on CDs when you have to play a
piece, it's a mistake to think that producing a satisfactory performance
is guaranteed by 'copying someone else'.

Because the players on those CDs weren't doing anything like 'copying
someone else' when they made the recordings.

What you should try to copy is not 'what they did', but *what they were
doing*.

Tony
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