Klarinet Archive - Posting 000122.txt from 2009/08

From: William Foss <billfoss47@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] vintage clarinet for sale
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:19:27 -0400

Hey all,

I have an "E. J. Albert" albert system clarinet in playable
condition for sale. It consists of bell, upper and lower joints. I
use a modern barrel and mouthpiece on it and they seem to work very
well.
I bought at auction several years ago and have used it in Mozart era
chamber music. Alas, my playing days are numbered and I would like to
see this instrument in the hands of someone that would
continue playing it.

If interested, please contact me "off-line"

Bill Foss
U.S. Army Retired
USC Aiken, Woodwind Professor
Director of Bands, Aiken Prep

On Aug 13, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Forest Aten wrote:

> Marcia...
>
> "Because" the people that CONTROL that organization (maybe even one
> person)
> wanted to....simple. Keep it simple.
> You can waste hours speculating about why? Pretty easy to find
> out...call
> 'em and ask. ;-)
>
> Forest
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcia Bundi [mailto:msbundi357@-----.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:39 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Solo pieces by living women composers
>
> But the underlying question is, *why* do they want to program in a
> certain
> way? What informs their decisions?
>
> It's not really a moot point -- as you point out, not all music is to
> everyone's taste, and it's a question all audience members will ask
> themselves before they lay out the money and time to go to the
> concert. But
> audience demographics are not the entire answer either, and it's
> those other
> reasons that make this an interesting -- and valid -- question.
>
> So yes, the short answer is that of course, that the sponsoring
> group wanted
> it this way. But the (more interesting) question Danyel asked was,
> why?
>
> Marcia in MT
>
>
>
>> Marcia...
>>
>> Because...it's been decided...by the people sponsoring the event. The
>> "pitch", the interest in a particular composer group, etc. It's their
>> decision. Why question it? LOL
>>
>> The sponsor group wants to do a program of contemporary women
>> composers.
>> Deal done, right?
>>
>> Trust me....I hear/play a lot of concerts/recitals/clinics....using
>> music
>> that should never have been written (my opinion only...some folks
>> love
>> it)....no matter what the gender. :-)
>>
>> And I don't believe I sidestepped anything. It was programmed this
>> way....because they wanted to...
>>
>> Forest
>>
>> Forest,
>>
>> I think your answer sidesteps Danyel's question. *Of course* whoever
>> sponsors the performance gets to pick the program, but WHY the
>> emphasis on
>> certain biological/geographical/sociological/other parameters
>> rather than
> on
>> the quality of the music itself? I have no ready answers (but
>> plenty of
>> guesses); it's like a good friend of mine who only buys books by
>> female
>> authors.
>>
>> Marcia in MT
>>
>>> Danyel
>>>
>>> You pay for the concert.....you get to program whatever you want.
>>> You
>>> sponsor a program...and at it...program what you want...
>>>
>>> Someone else pays or sponsors a program.....they get to determine
>>> what's
>> on
>>> the program.
>>>
>>> Easy
>>>
>>> Forest
>>>
>>>>> What is this thing about women composers anyhow? What difference
>>>>> does
>>> it make whether or not the composer of a particular piece has female
>>> reproduction organs or not? Does that affect the sound of the music?
>>> You could of cause play any modern clarinet solo claiming the
>>> composer was a lady, wonder who could tell . . . play "(La!)
>>> Sequenza" by Luciana Beria, for instance.
>>>
>>> It makes me mad that concerts are no longer programed to include
>>> good
>>> music but such written by a specific sociological or even biological
>>> in-group.
>>>
>>> Best
>>> danyel
>
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