Klarinet Archive - Posting 000377.txt from 2004/05

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Rosen on text and performance
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 17:28:19 -0400

The quote from Rosen as given below by Tony Pay is a particularly
important one to this group. I suggest that the primary reasons
given by many members of klarinet for disregarding composer
instructions fall into the category of "the composer did not
really understand what he was doing." This is especially true
for the selection of which clarinet pitch that one will use for
execution. For example, if Mahler calls for a clarinet in a
specific pitch, I have heard arguments that suggest that he was
not fully aware of what he was doing. MAHLER???? Same thing is
often said for Strauss, an orchestrator of incredible competence.

A most instructive posting from Tony.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakeling@-----.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 12:06 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Rosen on text and performance

Tony Pay (quoting Charles Rosen) wrote:

>Then he says:
>
>"It is the moral duty of a performer to choose what he thinks is
the
>musically superior version, whatever the composer's clearly
marked
>intention--it is also the moral responsibility of a pianist to
try to
>convince himself that the composer knew what he was doing."
>
>The tension between the two halves of this quote represents
rather
>beautifully a viewpoint that I have several times urged here.
>

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