Klarinet Archive - Posting 000074.txt from 2009/12

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Copland Clarinet Concerto note question
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:22:09 -0500

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:16:11 -0700, Curtis Bennett
<curtis.bennett@-----.com> wrote:
> Would it be possible to get the orchestra to join you in playing just
> that measure both ways and get a consensus among the performers as to
> which they feel is accurate?

That's an interesting way to put it. Although it might be quite
reasonable to conduct a poll on which interpretation the performers
PREFER, the question of which one is more "accurate" is not subject to
opinion. In fact, like the many questions surrounding the Mozart
Clarinet Concerto, this question will probably never be answered,
because the author is no longer available to resolve the issue. Unless
a manuscript exists, all we have are potentially flawed editions and the
opinions of interpreters.

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Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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