Klarinet Archive - Posting 000176.txt from 2006/09

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music (Business) Ethics?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:18:42 -0400


Lelia Loban wrote:
> You bring up an interesting ethical issue. I haven't seen the March, 2004
> issue of "The Clarinet." Was Linda Merrick's article a professional review
> of the concerto, or a performer's personal memoir, or a press release (an
> advertisement) labelled as such?

It was a Master Class.

> It looks bad if we think Merrick and Ellerby
> deliberately tried to hide their personal reason for promoting each other's
> careers--but a well-written disclosure can *help* sales. Andrew Lloyd
> Webber let the whole world know that he wrote the role of Christine in THE
> PHANTOM OF THE OPERA for his then-wife, soprano Sarah Brightman. That
> publicity didn't hurt either one of them much, did it?
>
I agree and think this would have been a better approach. As his spouse
she stood to benefit not only from the sale of her CD (obvious from the
article) but also the music.

Gary

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