Klarinet Archive - Posting 000143.txt from 2008/03
From: "Daniel Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Leopold and Wolfgang
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:18:29 -0400
You have already received a response to the question posed in your second
paragraph, but I will something about Leopold Mozart. The relationship
between father Leopold and son Wolfgang has generated a mountain of books
and articles. Deal with the relationship between those two has been a
central theme in the writings of Daniel Heartz, retired professor of
musicology from UC Berkeley.
For the purpose of being trained as one of the most profound musicians who
ever lived, Mozart could not have gotten a better father than Leopold. If
Mozart is great (which I think is the case), then it was the way that his
father taught him about music that is responsible for his greatness. Anyone
else would have been very restrictive and taught Mozart all the rule of
composition before allowing his creative instincts to take over. Not
Leopold. He knew what his son had, and he carefully nurtured him by not
getting in the way (which was very much the case with Beethoven's father).
But Leopold could be a giant pain in the ass. He so overcontrolled his
daughter, Nannerl, that to a large degree he did not allow her to reach her
full potential as a musician. And as for his son, the two were buddies until
Mozart started to peep over the nest. Then Leopold's teeth came out biting.
In the end, when he died he left his son very little mostly because he
believed (and rightly so) that the son would piss away the money so fast as
to spin your head around.
Read Halliwell's book about Mozart. She gives great insight into the
relationship of the father to the son.
If I were to do that in this posting, we would both be exhausted.
Dan Leeson
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-----Original Message-----
From: Angelia Fagg [mailto:arfagg@-----.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 3:20 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Leopold and Wolfgang
I've been doing some research on Mozart, and I've run across something that
puzzles me. Several of the articles/ web sites that I've read say that
Leopold was a domineering, cold, ambitious impressario who didn't even love
his children and used them to satisfy his own lust for fame. Several others
say he was actually very loving and caring and really believed Wolfgang and
Nannerl enjoyed traveling and performing as much as he did, and that he knew
what was best for them. It seems to me that the truth must be somewhere in
between the two, but I'm curious what others on the list think about it.
Also, does anyone know of a web site or book that lists the instrumentation
for all of Mozart's works? Actually, what I need is a list of all the works
that include clarinet. I've been listening to the symphonies and serenades,
and I've gotten interested in the way he used clarinet in different works
and at different periods of his life. Essentially, I've assigned myself a
huge research project, and now I need to find a starting point!!!!
Thanks,
Angelia
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