Klarinet Archive - Posting 000274.txt from 2003/02

From: "Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Castelnuovo-Tedesco Question
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 22:22:22 -0500

Stephen,
It looks like you have gone with your gut on this,
to which I say, good boy!
My comments were not intended to tell anyone
that they should CHANGE the notes, but I couldn't
help but notice how much debate there was going on
over it. It was all the debating that I saw as kind of
silly (oops...am I offending someone AGAIN?)
Sue

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From: "Stephen C. Moore" <stmoore@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] Castelnuovo-Tedesco Question

>
> This has become a very interesting thread!
>
> Let me clarify a few things about my original post on this issue. First
> of all, I'm sorry if it appears I am only interested in the correctness of
> those notes to impress the judges. I figured that on a competition such
> as this one, the quality of the submissions would be so high that a little
> detail such as two notes might just make a difference. I really like this
> music and have enjoyed working it up. Competition or not, I'd like to
> know what the right notes are.
>
> Right now, I am keeping the notes as C#. Not because I am choosing to
> express my individuality, but because it seems to make the most logical
> sense based on what happens later on in the music. It just fits better
> with the style of the rest of the movement.
>
> To the people who keep saying its no big deal, you are entitled to your
> opinion of course, but I think it is! Articulation and dynamic markings
> would be small issues (and my copy of this piece has numerous articulation
> inconsistencies) but when you start changing notes in something like this,
> I'm sorry, but that is a big deal.
>
> Stephen C. Moore stmoore@-----.edu/~stmoore
> Technical Assistant, Computer Science Dept., New Mexico State University
> "No." -- Ivan Strnad
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