Klarinet Archive - Posting 000740.txt from 2004/10

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] A confession regarding K622
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:13:41 -0400

On 25 Oct, Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com> wrote:

> At 02:52 AM 10/25/2004 +0100, you wrote:
> > > PS: Isn't it great to live in a world where one can go to Tower Records
> > > and spend over $100 on various performer's opinions about K622? Would we
> > > really prefer having less options fewer options
> > > dictated by some self appointed taste police persons?
> >
> >Uh? Where did that come from?
>
> Do you not see that people arguing against rap versions of K622 are acting
> as the self appointed taste police?

No -- they're arguing that what is important about Mozart is eradicated by
coarsely obliterating it with another style.

'Mozart', after all, is not just the notes of the tunes he wrote.

> Are jazz versions acceptable but rap versions not? What about calypso
> versions? Country? Disco? Salsa? Where exactly would you suggest we draw
> the line?

Stravinsky did something different when he recomposed Pergolesi in
'Pulcinella'. The difference is that he knew what he was doing, being a
great composer himself. He characterised what he did as 'an act of love'.

Most of these other guys are just opportunists.

Tony
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