Klarinet Archive - Posting 000173.txt from 2005/03
From: ormo2ndtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] German sound
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:38:05 -0500
Claudia Zornow wrote:
> I think the verb you are looking for is "hires,"
> not "draws."
Agreed --- although once an orchestra has a reputation for a certain
kind of music, I suspect that the orchestra draws a certain type of
applicant.
Example: would a VPO clarinet vacancy have been attractive to Richard
Stoltzman or Giora Feidman? (I found a reasonably extensive resume for
Stoltzman, and while his resume mentions him performing with many
different orchestras during his career, it does not mention him
performing with VPO even once.)
But my point is that a certain sound can receive a geographic or
culture-related name despite the individuals having been born and raised
elsewhere. I imagine that the "Nashville sound" is not limited to
country musicians who live or were raised in Nashville, yet the name
does specify a style of music.
One of the interesting aspects of language is that a word can summon
meanings that were not intended. Yet names appear to be essential for
communication. This is a little bit off-topic, but have you heard the
joke about the man who went into a bar?
While he was sipping his drink, a customer called out "427 !!", and
everyone in the bar burst into laughter. A few minutes later, another
person called out "29 !!" and everyone laughed again. This behavior
went on for several hours, and after his fourth drink, the fellow
finally asked the bartender "What's going on?"
The bartender replied, "Our regular customers have heard all the good
jokes, so we keep it simple and just number them. There's a joke
dictionary in the rest room, for the newcomers."
The fellow decided that he'd try it. He went to the rest room and
found a joke that he liked. He came back to his seat. "312 !!", he
called out. Nobody laughed. Another trip to the rest room. "157
!!", he called out. Nobody laughed. In desperation, he called out
"29 !!", which had gotten a big laugh several hours ago. Nobody
laughed.
So he asked the bartender "Why doesn't anybody laugh?"
"Well", the bartender replied with a shrug of the shoulders, "some
people can tell a joke, and some people can't."
Names can be the same way. They can be a waste of time in some
situations and meaningful in others. I haven't listened for the
"German sound" myself. There are so many other ways that sounds can
differ which seem more important to me. But nevertheless I feel that
the name could have meaning to some people and not to others, depending
on the situation.
FWIW......
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