Klarinet Archive - Posting 000069.txt from 2008/12

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gran Partitta, again
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:02:02 -0500

I am always anxious to hear new theories about this and that. And if you
can supply a responsible theory with supporting evidence, that establishes
that Mozart intended to use the contrabassoon, I'm happy to listen.

But be careful. You are treading dangerous ground when you speculate.

I repeat: it doesn't matter to me if the piece is played with a
contrabassoon, so long as their is no argument that to do so was simply
following Mozart intent.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxter@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Cc: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxter@-----.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Gran Partitta, again

> The theory has been advanced that Mozarts ORIGINAL intention was for a
> contrabassoon but by the time that the work was written he did not have
> one available and that the part was therefore written for string bass.
> There is no doubt that he specified the string bass, so any argument that
> he originally wanted contrabassoon is purely speculative. However he
> didn't specify valve horns, boehm clarinets or Loree oboes either.
> If you want to hear the case for the contrabassoon I can give it you, but
> I warn you there is no 'proof ' of its validity as far as I know. As a
> contra player I wish there were.
> Martin
>
> On 17 Dec 2008, at 21:14, Matthew Lloyd wrote:
>
>> I don't know. If you say it isn't, it isn't.
>>
>> Mea Culpa.
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dan Leeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
>> Sent: 17 December 2008 21:00
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: Re: [kl] Gran Partitta, again
>>
>> Matthew,
>>
>> From where did you get the information that "The double bass" part was
>> originally for contrabassoon anyway."
>>
>> Dan Leeson
>>
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