Klarinet Archive - Posting 000271.txt from 2005/04

From: "danyel" <rab@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Test results
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:50:21 -0400

Sorry so few of the applicants actually sent their results. I didn't
subscribe because I hate sounds coming out of the computer. Anyhow. The
selection of players is highly peculiar. One severe weakness of this test
is, that Boskovsky, only representant of the eminent Viennese tradition
(arguably the only 20th c. c.e. tradition qualified to interpret relevant,
i.e. 18th-20th c. Austrian repertoire), is labelled German. That's
ridiculous
and muddies the entire approach. The Viennese tradition is (or was, I am
afraid) at least as distinct from the several German one's as those are from
the various French and English or Italian, and so are their instruments,
m.p.'s and reeds. Ideally, of cause, each great player would constitute a
tradition by himself. However, nobody has ever produced a sound or
articulation like Wlach or Boskovsky or Schmidl on one of those cheesy,
sterile and squeaky modern clarinets with their laughable thin reeds, which
is far more that can be said about S. Mayer and her ilk, no matter whether
they play Wurlitzer or Jinbao, cold Buffet or on a comb. Mayer might be
German and she sure plays Oehler, but aesthetically she is Wasteland. The
fact that the current mainstream tends towards a medium on both sides means
nothing, as Brahms didn't write for a medium clarinet but for Mühlfeld and
his Ottenstainer.
The issue cannot possibly be, whether there are people who make an Oehler
clarinet sound worse than a Klosé!
This makes me mad, I am sorry.
My best wishes, however,
danyel
(non-Austrian!)

----- Original Message -----
From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
To: "klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 4:31 AM
Subject: [kl] Test results

> The nationality sound test is over and the results, from my point
> of view, were disappointing because so many expressed interest in
> taking the test, but only eight responded with answers. Perhaps
> the pressure of normal daily life prevented the others from
> submitting their responses.
>

>
> It is hard for me to judge the accuracy or usefulness of the test
> because too few actually responded. But for those who did, I
> don't think it demonstated any ability whatsoever to recognize
> national characteristics in clarinet playing style.
>
>
> 6. SCHUBERT, Octet, second movement, Vienna octet, Alfred
> Boskovsky
>
>
> Item 6: German
>

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