Klarinet Archive - Posting 000110.txt from 2009/11

From: Joseph Fasel <jhfasel@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The Messiah and Mozart
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:45:24 -0500

I believe the Schirmer edition is T. Tertius Noble. It is to be avoided, I=
MHO.

Cheers,
--Joe

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Wayne Thompson <wthompson7274@-----.net> wro=
te:
> Hi Dan,
>
> I had gotten the idea that you were saying that Schirmer was Coopersmith =
in your 2003 note that I referred to.=A0 I see that JWPepper offers 8 Messi=
ahs, the Coopersmith is a Fischer Edition.=A0 But the Schirmer looks to be =
scored pretty thickly.=A0 I'll did into=A0it more and report here later.
>
> I will say that sitting in front of the chorus, playing this music, is a =
really great experience.=A0 If you happened through town to hear our perfor=
mance, or if anyone from the list happens through, what a pleasure that wou=
ld be!=A0 I'll buy the fudge; the place is called 'Apple Shed', Tehachapi, =
California.=A0 The date is December 14, 2009, 4PM, St. Malachy's Church.
>
> Wayne Thompson
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net>
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 2:30:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] The Messiah and Mozart
>
> Wayne, I do not know if the Schirmer Edition is the one done by Coopersmi=
th. It would be easy enough to contact whoever is running Schirmer now and =
ask. But I am confused.=A0 You say that you will do the Schirmer edition th=
is year and you call it the Mozart arrangement. I don't understand that.=A0=
On one hand you seem uncertain, and on the other you seem to be of the opi=
nion that the Schirmer is the Mozart arrangement.
>
> When I played the Mozart arrangement of the Messiah it was in a B=E4renre=
iter edition.=A0 And I do not know what the Schirmer edition alleges itself=
to be.
>
> But if I am near Tehachapi when you do the performance, we shall have din=
ner together at the place with the great fudge!!
>
> Dan
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Thompson" <wthompson7274@-----.ne=
t>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:09 AM
> Subject: [kl] The Messiah and Mozart
>
>
> I understand that a version of Messiah apparently was partly reorchestrat=
ed by Mozart. This version includes clarinets. This year our orchestra, the=
Tehachapi Community Orchestra is again playing from this version, publishe=
d by Schirmer. Following are two favorable NYTimes reviews of Mozart/Messia=
h performances.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/arts/15thom.html
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/27/arts/a-modernized-messiah-in-mozart-s-b=
razen-way.html
>
> Following are two notes from Klarinet by Dan and others referring to this=
arrangement and also to an arrangement by a 'Coopersmith'.
>
> http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/2003/12/000353.txt
>
> http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/1995/12/000274.txt
>
> Dan, or anyone, do I understand that this Schirmer Edition is the overdon=
e Coopersmith version? Does anyone else have comments or criticisms or this=
version? I enjoy what we do very much; I'd like to hear more discussion.
>
> Wayne Thompson
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