Klarinet Archive - Posting 000232.txt from 2009/02

From: Jonathan Cohler <cohler@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Brahms quintet
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:07:08 -0500

At 10:08 PM +0000 2/10/09, Michael Wnight wrote:
>Jonathan...there is no such thing as should in music...only infinite
>possibilities

Nonsense. Classical musical, especially, is filled with shoulds from
start to finish. If you want to excel in classical music,

You should play in tune.
You should play in rhythm.
You should play together (ensemble).
You should play with a good sound.
You should play what the composer wrote.
You should practice to get better.
You should take lots of auditions if you want to win some.

The fact that playing classical music is an art form doesn't mean
that there isn't a huge objective basis for developing that art to
high level.

>and anyone who has worked with great composers will know that they
>are very pragmatic and open to variance.

Wrong. Some are/were, some (most, in fact) emphatically are/were not.
And it our ethical duty to (i.e. we SHOULD) attempt to find out, to
the best of our ability, what it is the composer wanted in performing
their works.

--
Jonathan Cohler
Artistic & General Director
International Woodwind Festival
http://iwwf.org/
cohler@-----.org

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