Klarinet Archive - Posting 000214.txt from 2010/07

From: Daniel N Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Oboe works on a C clarinet
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:40:45 -0400

To state that "if Handel had access to clarinet players then he would have =
written the concerto for clarinet in the first place," is putting your word=
s in Handel's mouth.=A0 =

=A0
You have no knowledge of what Handel would have done under this or that cir=
cumstance.
=A0
It is a method of argumentation that is used by someone who has no facts.=
=A0 You hear, "If Mozart had had a contrabassoon he would have used it," an=
d the next thing you know someone is playing K. 361 with a contrabassoon an=
d offering this entirely irrelevant argument to support the change in instr=
umentation.
=A0
If you want to play oboe music on a C clarinet, that's fine, but it is unwi=
se to use this kind of argument to support the change.
=A0
It is the rough equivalent of: "If my grandmother had balls, she would have=
been my grandfather."
=A0
Dan Leeson
=A0
--- On Wed, 7/14/10, J W <tjbw0000@-----.com> wrote:

From: J W <tjbw0000@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Oboe works on a C clarinet
To: klarinet@-----.com
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 12:44 PM

If I remember right, I thought you had mentioned before about playing baroq=
ue oboe concertos too.=A0 I bought the Handel Oboe concerto no.3 (in G mino=
r) transcribed for Bb and I think if Handel had access to clarinet players =
then he would have written the concerto for clarinet in the first place.=A0=
I would highly recommend this concerto to you if you are interested.=A0 (e=
specially if you like baroque music)
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