Klarinet Archive - Posting 000371.txt from 2005/06

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Winterthur --- to Dan, I suppose
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:18:32 -0400

Today you look at Mozart manuscripts as holy relics, but early on they were
not so viewed. I can't give you any general answers to your questions, but
if you will tell me which manuscript is bothering you, I may be able to give
you some direction on it. But I won't be home until Wednesday and I've got
two weeks of work backed up so don't expect anything done quickly.

DNL

-----Original Message-----
From: Ormondtoby Montoya [mailto:ormo2ndtoby@-----.net]
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 10:07 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Winterthur --- to Dan, I suppose

I suppose that a researcher must deal with whatever he or she finds, but
I can't resist asking:

On various surfaces, there are what appear to be measure numbers and
page numbers in a hand other than Mozart's, and also the names of notes
such as "Ab".

I would've thought that adding anything to a manuscript would be an
unforgivable sin. But if stuff has been added to what Mozart himself
wrote (before or after the offender realized who wrote manuscript?),
then how can we accept anything on the fragment (such as the double dots
that Dan found) as absolute gospel?

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