Klarinet Archive - Posting 000225.txt from 2011/03

From: corvo di bassetto <rab@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Horn Question
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:44:14 -0400

Nancy,

Splendid, if that is what makes you happy!
I understand that the uneducated masses today are force fed midi sounds like they are fast food. They don't know better. Everything is a surrogate and they can't tell the difference between real strawberries and artificial flavourings. I feel sad for them. Some cynics claim that culinary culture was outdated and we should all live on tofu. I expect a cook to put up restistance, he wouldn't put a strawberry charlotte on the menu during winter.
I had the privilege to learn, quite a luxury. I know how a basset horn sounds and ersatzhorns don't make me happy. If I'd want tuba and electric guitar I'd play Gill Evans or write for those instruments.
Sure Nancy, you know as well or better, but you must live under very different cultural conditions. People here spend their lives developing a tone, refining embouchure and reeds. Why bother? Take the midi file and put it in the microwave!

Best wishes
danyel

Am 25.03.2011 um 04:22 schrieb Nancy Buckman:

> Well...with all due respect, I would never let "the lack of a proper horn"
> prevent me from trying any music,...I don't care who composed it, or what
> instrument it was written for. Mozart is dead and can't hear me. If I
> wanted to play his Flute and Harp Concerto on tuba and electric guitar
> because that was what I had at hand, then that's what I would do. And I'd
> be sure to enjoy every moment. Then, if the timbre was wrong, oh well...on
> to the next project! I am really fed up with all sorts of "correctness" at
> this point in my life. And long live any sort of basset horn...I love 'em
> all!
>
> Nancy
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