Klarinet Archive - Posting 000073.txt from 2010/04

From: Bear Woodson <bearwoodson@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] K. 622 in G? Part 2
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:14:30 -0400

I'm sure that the Mozart K. 622, like many fine works,
have been transcribed to various instruments over time.
But I still seem to remember something about someone
telling me, or reading it in a book, that Mozart himself
transcribed it into G Major to become his Third Flute
Concerto in the last 2 months of his life.

Personally, I'm looking forward to the Dachshund
Transcription of Mozart's Basset Hound Concerto.

Bach, Mozart and Beethoven transcribed a number of
their works, including their concerti. Bach Experts have
trouble telling if some of his concerti first appeared for
Violin or Harpsichord. Laughing Boy transcribed his C
Major Oboe Concerto up into D Major as his Second
Flute Concerto. Beethoven arranged his Violin Concerto
as his 6th Piano Concerto, and has the Timpani join the
Solo Piano in the Cadenza!

I've written over 24 minutes of a Concerto for Contra
Bassoon and Orchestra, having in mind to transcribe it to
Bb Contra Bass Clarinet, and sounding up an octave for
Bassoon or Bb Bass Clarinet. (I keep getting sidetracked
with other works to either complete or re-edit, so I'm still
in the middle of the Contra Bassoon Concerto's 3rd Move-
ment for over a year.)

(By the way I'm writing a series of sonatas and concerti
for each major instrument of the orchestra, so I already
have several sonatas and 7 concerti, each for a different
kind of solo instrument.)

on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:45:11 -0700
"Tammy Holland" <tholland@-----.com> wrote:
> Bear,
> May I use your Mozart quote please? I love it and think
> my friends deserve to read it as well!

I'm guessing that you mean this:

> "Some people say that the "Mozart Effect" is when
> "children get smarter after listening to Mozart's Music".
> I say, "That's ridiculous! Look instead at the Effect that
> Mozart's music had on himself! He spent all of his free
> time chasing pretty women and laughing like a cackling
> chicken!" Therefore we know that the TRUE Mozart
> Effect is to do the same! But for those guys, like me,
> who aren't any good at laughing like a cackling chicken,
> we have to compensate by trying to charm women in
> bars, while wearing a Chicken Suit! I can attest from
> personal experience that the Mozart Effect has NOT
> been too successful for my love life!"
> - Bear Woodson (2001)

Some of my friends call my crazy sayings "Bearisms".
Since I willingly put them on the Internet, I think that
puts them in the "Public Domain". I'm no expert on
Copyright Laws, but I *think* that when Anyone puts
Anything on the Internet, ANYONE can "copy" it, as
long as they "give credit to the author or composer".

Does anyone know of a good Dry Cleaner for Mozart-
styled Chicken Suits?

Bear Woodson, Composer

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