Klarinet Archive - Posting 000959.txt from 2003/04

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stage movements, redux
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:44:55 -0400

I don't think you have to defend yourself. I did, however, wonder
myself what stage deportment might have been so long ago. They didn't
have cameras of any type then, still or motion type, let alone
camcorders. And, not being a musicologist (God forbid) I had no
response. I can't help but think that there must have been a curtain
amount of "showmanship" by such people as Chopin or Paganini. Now,
standing on one's head does seem a bit over the top. And even worse, he
did it between movements. That wouldn't fly today, would it?

On Monday, April 21, 2003, at 10:38 AM, Wendy wrote:

> <patient sigh> You know what bugs me more than off topic posts? How
> many
> times have I seen "if you would have read what I said...?" My point
> was
> about conservative classical performance. It makes wonderful sense if
> you
> are playing "light relief in between movements" to do it upside down
> (which
> is very cool) or in some other silly manner. I'll bet he didn't goof
> around
> during the actual movements. I think we were discussing how
> sub-conscious
> emotive movement detracts from the music. If you're doing it on
> purpose, of
> course there is nothing wrong with it-no matter what era you live in.
> The
> poor person that almost bonks their 'horn' on the stage while they
> play is
> not doing it to amuse you. Why do I feel I have to defend everything
> I say
> nowadays?
>
> Wendy :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakeling@-----.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 12:23 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Stage movements, redux
>
> << IMHO, a classical musician should be (at least slightly)
> conservative as
> they are depicting not just music but the era from which it comes. >>
>
> What makes you think musicians were less showy in days gone by? The
> liner
> notes for one of my discs of the Beethoven Violin Concerto claim that
> at the
> premiere, the original violinist "played a piece upside-down on his
> fiddle"
> for light relief in-between the first and second movements.

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