Klarinet Archive - Posting 000271.txt from 2010/09

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart concerto
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:06:11 -0400

Alas, the limits of musical exposure are rather narrow for me. Would
that I understood harmonics and harmony better.

Who needs to become sick with memory? I'm done with hiding under the
bed; enjoy it as it comes.

Independence? Bah. Mostly bonding - enjoying that I can understand
the way people I'm hanging with are thinking. I didn't say anything
against Beethoven. And, for the record, I didn't say anything against
Mozart either; I merely reported what a friend had said and expressed
an understanding of that, in the context of my frustration at having
obsessed over the attack of the first note of the concerto. (I have
not obsessed over the attack of the first note of the Brahms second
sonata. I know better now. [...didn't even need the clarion D!])

Never trust anybody;-) ...and watch out for the dolts.

-Jennifer

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:
> When young people with only limited musical exposure make negative commen=
ts about very important musicians, such as Mozart, Beethoven, etc., they ar=
e only trying to show their independence. =A0If the adult world likes the m=
usic, then they must find a way to dislike it.
>
> So when I see comments about the Mozart concerto from Jennifer Jones and =
Rachel Roessel, I am sad for them, because at some time in the future, shou=
ld they ever become musically mature, they will remember the infantile thou=
ghts they expressed about Mozart, become sick at the thought of their child=
ish attitudes towards his music, and hide under the bed for a long time so =
that no one can find them.
>
> We can only feel contempt for adults who express such views, but for kids=
, it's all about growing up.
>
> Never trust anybody under 30.
>
> Dan Leeson
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