Klarinet Archive - Posting 000261.txt from 2006/09

From: <arehow@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: k622
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:29:12 -0400

Dan,

Is this autograph published? Also, were the orchestral parts in question used for performances in Mozart's lifetime? If so, they may represent his more final thoughts on the work, and thus ironically have more authority than a score.

Robert Howe
>
> In the case at hand you have an authoritative look at exactly
> what it was that Mozart wrote for the basset horn at that point.
> (That's not a mistake. The autograph is of the basset horn
> concerto.) Therefore, you cannot argue that a set of orchestral
> parts of no authority whatsoever are more authoritative than what
> is available in Mozart's own hand.
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
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