Klarinet Archive - Posting 000453.txt from 2003/01

From: "Joseph H. Fasel" <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: [kl] book on Mozart's clarinet concerto
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 18:58:22 -0500

Well Dan, I thought this thread might get your attention. ;-)
Thanks, as always for your insights.

I'm well aware of the controversies about K622, which is why I
said "divining", rather than "determining", "inferring", or the
like. I suppose at one level we just have to appreciate the work
as it has come to us, without worrying too much about how
authentic it is. It's a little like the Requiem, I guess,
which is a marvelous piece, even if we can't reliably distinguish
Mozart's contribution from Süssmayer's and at least one other
editor's (as H. C. Robbins Landon attests, though he gave it a
good try).

Cheers,
--Joe

On 2003.01.24 12:14 Dan Leeson wrote:
> Joseph H. Fasel wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > To return to the topic again briefly, this sounds like a book I'll
> > have to get. Does it go much into divining Mozart's use of the
> > basset notes?
>
> I think that a responsible answer to your question is to ask another
> question: is anyone capable of divining Mozart's use of the basset notes
> for the concerto (and the quintet). It is a problem that is going more
> and more out of focus as more people forget what the issue is (not that
> I am suggesting that Joe Fasel is one of those).

Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: jhf@-----.gov
Decision Modeling and Analysis phone: +1 505 667 7158
University of California fax: +1 505 667 2960
Los Alamos National Laboratory post: D-7 MS F609; Los Alamos, NM 87545

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