Klarinet Archive - Posting 000220.txt from 2005/01

From: orm1ondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: [kl] RE: Rhapsody in Blue Gliss
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:48:55 -0500

Just a comment.... not intended as a debate:

Several posts in this thread have mentioned tat the 'accepted' way of
playing the glissando doesn't match what Gershwin's manuscript
requested. For example, one person (I've lost track of who) commented
to the effect that the notation on the autograph is now meaningless.

Taken out of context, the above statement above sounds almost
sacrilegious, and the statement by itself doesn't reflect what the
person was saying. But it *does* show that citing an autograph is
sometimes not the entire story. In this particular case, there is
'non-autograph' documentation that Gershwin approved of the modification
to the autograph during a rehearsal. Perhaps (?) there is a
performance part in existence that reflects what Gershwin wanted more
accurately than the holograph itself.

....just something to keep tucked away in the back of our minds?

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