Klarinet Archive - Posting 000228.txt from 2011/03

From: corvo di bassetto <rab@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Purism and after?
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:00:16 -0400

Martin,

If I'd specialise on Mozart I'd have the proper instruments made. If some c=
larinetist would decline offers to perform Brahms on the ground he was not =
M=FChlfeld I'd respect that. It would indeed be quite Brahmsian. =

If you knew some of the stories found in ancient chinese music books, I don=
't think you'd find me snobbish any more (in comparison). =

Sorry, Nielsen is not my cup of tea either. 25 years ago a clarinetist frie=
nd of mine tried hard to convince me he was great. There is too much noise =
and too little developing variation. I always felt sorry Webern did not dis=
cover the basset horn.

Best wishes
danyel

(I wrote Haeckel, but it's Heckel, Biebrich (20 min ride from were I live).=
I checked the spelling on the bell of an original clarinet of his I have. =
I also have an early original alto sax he made (without low Bb).

Am 25.03.2011 um 11:41 schrieb Martin Baxter:

> =

> On 25 Mar 2011, at 01:03, corvo di bassetto wrote:
> =

> =

> Of course I reject the use of Haeckel bassoons for French music. Actually=
, I can do well without any bassoon at all.
> I don't play K375 because I don't have the proper horn. I practice Mozart=
at home and with my students but it is out of my reach for actual performa=
nce. Tutz in Innsbruck makes good copies of the kind of instruments the Sta=
dlers used.
> =

> Best wishes
> danyel
> =

> =

> Danyel,
> Thank you for your reply, I am Fascinated! I cannot imagine that anyone w=
ho could play K375 (or K388) would deprive themselves of the pleasure just =
because their instrument, and those of the other players needed, were not m=
ade in Vienna in the latter part of the eighteenth century. I think you hav=
e carried musical snobbism to new heights, and next time I meet an overt=
purist in any musical field I shall have to adopt your approach. ( I also =
play bassoon and clarinet in a folk group and am always meeting those who, =
ignorant of the gallery band tradition, tell me they aren't "true folk." Th=
ey seem happy to ignore Boehm flautists and electric basses in other groups=
.)
> I may say it is found other than in music. My wife once directed a perfor=
mance of Noel Coward's "Red Peppers" in a Festival and was told that, as Co=
ward had written it for himself and Gertrude Lawrence no-one else should ev=
er play it. If we may extend the argument to music I assume no-one should =
ever play the Brahms Quintet now that Muhlfield is dead.
> I'm sorry that you can take no pleasure in Finzi's music; I think you are=
missing a lot, and even more in the case of Poulenc. What about Nielsen, w=
ho did ,of course number a clarinettist amongst his friends?
> Baffled Regards,
> Martin
> PS I haven't come across Haekel bassoons. I would assume a misprint but I=
try not to make assumptions. =

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