Klarinet Archive - Posting 000346.txt from 2005/03

From: "David Glenn" <davidglenn@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] The Test
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:36:03 -0500

> So far, I've gotten a lot of advice, some of it very good, some
> of it no good. But only one perseon, and he half-heartedly, has
> said, "I'll take the test." During the discussion is was "I'll
> take your test in a heartbeat."
>
> My reaction thus far, is that those who are convinced that there
> really is an identifiable German sound are not responding to the
> challenge or rising to the occasion.
>
> If this situation continues, that will be a meaningful piece of
> evidence. (It's like the joke about a woman who married an IBM
> salesman, and he spent the entire wedding night telling her how
> great it was going to be.)
>
> So do something. My mp3 files are now at 17. When it gets to
> 20, I'm announcing the opening of the contest, when entries will
> close, and get ready to fire the first shot.
>
> Speak up now or don't ever tell me that you can identify a German
> sound.
>
> And for the party who told me about Eddie Brunner (a wonderful
> player by the way) playing on a Boehm system, I don't remember
> any qualifications about "German sound except for German players
> using a Boehm system. What I heard was that there was an
> identifiable German sound. Just being born in downtown
> Dusseldorf gave it to you. It was in the air like the plague.
>
> Now all of a sudden there are qualifications??
>
> I am selecting the players with the intent of avoiding that kind
> of complication. If I say that I have selected a German player
> you can be sure he will have a dueling scar. If French he will
> have a moustache and two mistresses. If an American he will live
> in Texas, have "the biggest sound in all America," and be against
> abortion. If he is Russian he will drink an entire bottle of
> Vodka before playing Brahms 1. And if he is Italian, he will play
> everything on a B-flat clarinet that descends to a low e-flat.
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
>
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Gee Dan, I'm sorry but my whole understanding of the "German Sound" thing
seems to have been based on a misunderstanding. I think, like Georg says,
that it should be well possible to differentiate between playing on a
Wurlitzer 100c with German style mouthpiece and a Buffet or Leblanc or
whatever with a French style mouthpiece. I never thought one could tell the
nationality of a player's sound because of where (s)he was born. I thought
you meant the EQUIPMENT and that's why I asked all those questions. They
were not conditions! I'm glad I asked because now I know what you are
bothered about.

I wonder if more people on the list had this same misunderstanding?

Now I _really_ want to take the test!

David

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