Klarinet Archive - Posting 000087.txt from 2006/08

From: HILARY NICHOLLS <hilarynicholls@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] ADMINISTRATOR PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE ME - 5TH REQUEST
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 13:56:36 -0400

i WOUDL LIKE THE WHOLE LIST TO KNOW THAT I HAVE ASKED
THE ADMINISTRATOR 4 TIMES NOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE ME AS I
ONLY FIND ABOUT 1% OF THESE POSTING S ANYHTING OTHER
THAN A TOTAL WASTE OF SPACE, UNFUNNY INJOKES AND
IGNORANT REQUESTS FOR INFO WHICH IS GENERALLY
AVAILABLE. aND THE AMATEUR CONCERT NOTICES FOR
SYRACUSE (WHERE THAT) OR WHEREVER, MIDDLE AMERICA.
(mR lEESON'S CONTRIBUTIONS ALWAYS EXCEPTED -
UNFORTUNATELY THEY GET LOST IN THE SLUDGE THAT IS THE
REST OF THE POSTING ON THIS LIST
--- dnleeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:

> Fred, your note was not entirely clear to me in
> terms of whether
> you wanted to see the manuscript of Weber concerto
> or the 1st
> edition, assuming that the two were identical or of
> equal value
> to an inquring performer.
>
> Without a lot of work, there is no way to tell if
> the manuscript
> is a better source for an inquiring performer or the
> first
> edition. Sometimes composers would write a work and
> then there
> would be a performance of that work (such as
> Mozart's string
> quartets) in which the composer took part. Changes
> would be made
> in the performance parts by the players and those
> altered parts
> used for the edition. In those cases one can argue
> that the first
> edition is more useful than the manuscript.
>
> On the other hand a lot of crap can get into such an
> edition too
> because changes were made arbitrarily.
>
> So if you are looking for the best source in terms
> of truth
> (meaning what the composer asked for), the autograph
> is the place
> to go. But if you have definite proof that a
> performance took
> place and Weber made changes in the work as the
> rehearsals
> progress, then the first edition might be a more
> truthful truth.
>
> Look at the autograph for Mahler 2 and 3. It has
> six layers of
> changes made by Mahler himself as the work was
> rehearsed over a
> period of years. What is true? Which is correct?
>
> Just be careful before you leap from the frying pan
> into the you
> know where.
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
>
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