Klarinet Archive - Posting 000452.txt from 2004/08

From: Andy Raibeck <klari_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Original edition of 581
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:08:37 -0400

--- Ormondtoby Montoya <ormondtoby@-----.net> wrote:

> Andy Raibeck wrote:
>
> > So isn't it really misleading to credit Mozart as the
> > composer? Wouldn't "by Anonymous, based on
> > ideas by W. A. Mozart"?
>
> It would be a very slippery slope, wouldn't it? Exactly where would
> you draw the line?

[snip for brevity]

Well, I would be the first to admit that I am not sufficiently informed to give
a scholarly answer. But based on what Dan Leeson wrote (quoted here in part):

> My suspicion is that what we have is probably fiarly close to what
> Mozart wrote. Judging from past experience that means about 20
> wrong notes, 100-200 wrong dynamics, 5 incorrect rhythms, and no
> one knows how many incorrect phrase shapes. And that is "fairly
> close" but is it authoritative??

I'd say that this is sufficient to credit it to Mozart. As opposed to if Dan
had written something like, "My suspicion is that what we have probably bears
little resemblance to to what Mozart actually wrote. Where's my pizza?"

Regards,

Andy

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