Klarinet Archive - Posting 000028.txt from 2006/03

From: "Ann Satterfield" <annhsatt@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Schornberg and Beethoven
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:36:37 -0500

Dan Leeson wrote:
>
>It was searing analysis of the use of
> contemporary music in enlgihtening the old.
[and]
>What I was suggesting was not by any means a criticism. What
>they said was that by knowing the new, we get to learn the old
>better. Perhaps I should have said it was a role reversal in
>which we are always told that by learning the old we get to learn
>and appreciate the new more.

I am certainly finding this to be true, the structure and tonality of Be=
ethoven, Haydn, Rossini are much clearer for me since a marvelous course=
in 20th century literature, and even more with current 20th century ana=
lysis. But nobody told me this would be true-- (grin) until now. And a=
Florida Orchestra concert that included both Haydn and Beethoven sympho=
nies made clear just how radical Beethoven was.

Being in grad school is amazing, often a teacher will make a comment tha=
t turns my brain into a pinball machine--lights and bells in all directi=
ons, rebounding. And when the clamor stops, a whole new set of informat=
ion is in place, in order, connections clear. And the jumbles between t=
he oasises are getting smaller.

So I read the word searing as enlightening (enlgihtening (another grin))=
. New connections set off sparks! The tingle is proportional to the si=
ze of the idea.

Ann
Ann Satterfield
MM student, clarinet and saxophone
University of South Florida

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