Klarinet Archive - Posting 000931.txt from 2004/10

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Appealing to the superficial
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:33:01 -0400

I must bring to your attention a very excellent work for a large
wind ensemble and written by Beethoven. It's a set of variations
also found in Wellington's victory. AS I remember it calls for
brass, winds, and percussion but it has been at least 30 years
since I played it. So your basic premise of there being NO
Beethoven for band is flawed, though the band cannot compare in
size with a large university group. Still...

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Lloyd [mailto:matthew@-----.uk]
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 4:48 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Appealing to the superficial

Adam Michlin wrote "I only add that if a student can get through
4 years
of band and ever hear Mozart or Bach or Beethoven there is
something
serious wrong with all the
above."

Adam,

I know I'm only an ignorant Limey, but bear with me.

Mozart, Bach and Beethoven wrote NOTHING for what seems to be
taken as a
"band" which I assume - for clarity I think this ought to be
stated - to
be what I would call a Concert Band (or Military Band) and which
would
have the correct instrumentation for something such as a Sousa
March or
the Holst Suites for Band.

They wrote for orchestras. [I'm obviously aware of wind music for
larger
ensembles, but none that meet my definition of "band" above.]

Do American Schools not have orchestras? Is there no equivalent
to our
County Music Service Orchestras - taking the best students from
the
County (ours are larger than yours) and forming an orchestra. The
one
from my county, Bedfordshire, played annually at the Albert Hall.

I cannot see how you can transcribe K622 for band. I am sure
you'll
disagree. But if you want to expose students to orchestral music,
am I
hopelessly naive suggesting that you do so by getting them to
play in an
orchestra?

Matthew

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