Klarinet Archive - Posting 000533.txt from 2004/09

From: Tony Pay <tony_pay@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] A little Monday morning present for all
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:19:43 -0400

--- Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net> wrote:

> dnleeson wrote:
>
> > Meyer makes this kind of an unexplained substitution far too
> > frequently and based, in my opinion, on her own personal taste; i.e.,
> > the contrabassoon in K. 361, for example. It is NOT what Mozart
> > explicitly requests in that work, and a basset horn is not what Mozart
> > explicitly requests in the Kegelstatt.
>
> Sure, I accept that. It's just I'm not sure that it's the "personal
> taste" side that is the problem per se, more a case of either destroying
> a musical sense that exists, or making changes without being open about
> the process.

Absolutely. As we've pointed out before, ultimately we don't have anything
other than our personal taste, including our assessment of 'what destroys a
musical sense' as well as 'what makes musical sense'.

Actually, our 'personal taste' is the ground of our respect for Mozart.

Notice that Dan says:

> > Meyer makes this kind of an unexplained substitution far too
> > frequently and based, in my opinion...

...so he's just as vulnerable to opinions (his own, naturally;-) as any of us.

Tony

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