Klarinet Archive - Posting 000436.txt from 2004/07

From: John Dablin <jdablin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Where was I?
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:05:38 -0400

Knowing that Tony often works at summer schools in Italy leads me to a wild
guess... it was in the Sistine Chapel where Mozart heard Allegri's Miserere,
and scandalously *wrote it down* from memory.

John Dablin
Aylesbury UK

On Tuesday 13 Jul 2004 18:50, Tony Pay wrote:
> OK, I just re-read Dan's book, having been privileged a couple of years ago
> to see a draft. It went quite quickly, being the second time.
>
> I think it's excellent; it reads very well, and has an atmosphere all of
> its own. The plot is a bit simpler than it was before, which is to the
> good, I think. The technical detail is fascinating -- anyone who's
> hesitating should buy it.
>
> Now, here's the question.
>
> The circumstances in which I read it were in one sense highly appropriate
> -- in fact, they couldn't have been more appropriate!
>
> But in another sense, some people might raise their eyebrows at my reading
> it where I did.
>
> So, where was I?
>
> Tony

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