Klarinet Archive - Posting 000539.txt from 2006/03

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Transposed Parts
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:26:25 -0500

Karl, I quote your original comments given below. I have no
authority to insist on anything. But I know something about the
musical consequences of playing on an instrument that does not
overblow an octave. That phenomenon is precisely the source of
the clarinet having multiple members of the family of soprano
clarinets, and the origin of the entire multiple clarinet and
clarinet character controversy. So what I'm trying to do, as best
as I can, is to show that clarinet playing mentality deviates
from the heritage of those consequences.

Further, that deviation does not derive from knowledge of the
history and origin of our instrument, or any serious
understanding of the problem. The deviation is emotional and is
almost entirely a question of ego: i.e., "Don't tell me what
clarinet to play on!! That's my decision." That is the arrogance
of which I spoke.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

From Karl Krelove

Dan, is this true? I don't remember your ever having suggested,
at least not
in any general way, that there is ever a good reason to ignore
the
composer's express choice of instrument (assuming the choice was
the
composer's and not a copyist's or editor's).

Karl

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