Klarinet Archive - Posting 001182.txt from 2003/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:48:38 -0400

At 08:07 PM 4/24/2003 -0400, Dee Flint wrote:
>Actually it is not irrelevant. You make an underlying assumption that
>people spell correctly at all times when in fact it is quite common for
>people to spell as they speak regardless of the language. Also spelling,
>along with speech, changes over time. So who is to say at this many
>centuries removed, what was or was not correct, what was or was not
>accepted.

Spoken language seems to come first, and written language follows. Even
during Beethoven's time, the orthography of the German language was not set
-- spelling was highly variable. Even his own NAME was spelled numerous
ways, even by himself. Bethoven, Beethofen, and other variants appear
throughout his correspondence. Of course, if most people who speak the
language are not literate, this is relatively unimportant.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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