Klarinet Archive - Posting 000076.txt from 2010/04

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] K. 622 in G? Part 2
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:51:38 -0400

Dan
I don't think that Bear is claiming this as evidence; but surely it is rumours like this that set people on looking for evidence either way. The version of the rumour that I heard was that another person contemporary with Mozart transcribed it with Mozart's agreement, but I don't offer this as evidence either, although it seems more possible than that Mozart did it himself. It seems like the story that Mozart originally intended to use Contrabassoon in the Gran Partita; the appearance of a part marked Contrafagott in Mozart's handwriting would be needed to settle it, although the score of the semi-mythical work by Michael Haydn (?) for 13 wind instruments, if it really exists, might suggest that there is some likelihood of Mozart also originally wanting contrafagott also. However, as things are, I think we must agree that "Serenade for 13 wind" is a misnomer. But I cannot consider it actually proven.
Martin
On 24 Apr 2010, at 04:02, Dan Leeson wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bear Woodson" <bearwoodson@-----.net>
> To: "Klarinet List" <klarinet@-----.com>; "Tammy Holland"
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> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 6:14 PM
> Subject: [kl] K. 622 in G? Part 2
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Bear, there is no evidence that this ever happened. Remembering something
> about someone telling you something is not evidence.
>
> Dan Leeson
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