Klarinet Archive - Posting 000261.txt from 2007/03

From: "Michael H. Graff" <mhgraff@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Stadler a "rotter"
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:23:33 -0400

Rommel,

Interesting. I'm on DirecTV (satellite) and unaware of a 24/7 classical
music channel. Can you let me know the name of the channel you are
watching?

Mike.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rommel John Miller [mailto:RommelJMiller@-----.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:27 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Stadler a "rotter"

This is a fascinating little story, thanks Dan. It is really interesting to
learn how politically motivated and underhanded some in the music field were
(and remain.)

But anyway, I watch this classical channel on cable (and satellite) which
broadcasts nothing but classical music 24/7 and they flash interesting
little tidbits up on the screen from time to time, and recently I read that
many musicians in the Eighteenth Century weren't paid at all, that folks
like Mozart, being something of a celebrity, was an exception, and was on a
payroll of sorts, but the average "joe" was lucky if he really got a wage to
take home in order to feed himself and his family.

How could this be? This really doesn't make sense to me. Because no one
could survive if he or they didn't have money with which to purchase goods
and services, but perhaps the world of Mozart was a radically different
place and our dependence on the "florin" (Dollar)is too overwhelming.

It is only when we look at the causes of things like the French Revolution
and Peasant Revolts do we realize that while there might be a disparity
between the classes today, nothing was more pronounced than it was in
Mozart's day, and Mozart knew the razor's edge of poverty and desolation
quite well in his final days.

Rommel John Miller
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-----Original Message-----
From: dnleeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:29 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Stadler a "rotter"

Simon, at the time of Mozart's death, an inventory was made of
his estate. While Mozart owed money to just about everyone, only
one person owed Mozart any amount of considerable size. That was
Stadler. He owed Mozart something like 800 florins.

Putting that amount incontext makes the size of the debt
extraordinary. A very well paid tradesman made about 500 florins
a year. So Stadler's debt to Mozart represents 1-3/5 years worth
of income to the hypothetical well-paid tradesman. When Mozart's
father began work as a violin player in Salzburg in 1747, he was
paid 265 florins a year. When he retired his salary had grown to
475 florins a year.

All of this is by way saying that Stadler must have commissioned
works from Mozart but never paid for them. I once calculated
that this constituted three works: the concerto, the quintet, and
the Gran Partitta. That's about 800 florins worth of music. And
the rumor was that Stadler was a bad hat.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Aldrich [mailto:simonaldrich@-----.ca]
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 8:26 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Stadler a "rotter"

I was doing a search for Jorge Rotter's beautiful reconstruction
of
the original version of Brahms' Serenade No. 1 in D major op. 11
(apparently available only on rental).
The Serenade's first full version (six movements) was for nine
instruments (fl, 2 cl, bsn, hn, vln, vla, vcl, bs).
The original chamber version was never published and it is
speculated
that Brahms destroyed the manuscript (as was his wont).
Consequently is only accessible in reconstructions, of which
various
renditions have been made over the past fifteen years or so
(including a version for woodwind quintet and strings).
There are those that feel that the rental-only status of these
reconstructions has hampered the adoption of the Serenade into
the
mainstream chamber repertoire.

Anyhow, entering "Rotter", "serenade" and "Brahms" into google
returned this excerpt from a British program note for the Mozart
Clarinet Quintet:

"Stadler was by all accounts a rotter. He led Mozart to drinking
and
carousing, borrowed and
stole from him (Mozart was in terrible financial shape), and
generally abused
their friendship in every way possible."

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Simon Aldrich

Clarinet Faculty - McGill University
Principal Clarinet - Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
Principal Clarinet - Orchestre de l'Opera de Montreal
Clarinet - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
Buffet-Crampon Artist/Clinician

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