Klarinet Archive - Posting 000232.txt from 2011/03

From: "Peter Gentry" <peter.gentry@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Horn Question
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:30:50 -0400

My younger friends tell me there is an expression for this something to do
with "not feeding the troll". We should all remember the golden rule and
imagine we are talking to each other in the flesh. That should reduce the
frequency of intemperate sweeping generalisations and give due respect to
the better informed.

We all love the woodwind especially the clarinet so such intemperate
outbursts are unnecessary where e're they originate (I include myself).

Peace

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lelia Loban [mailto:lelialoban@-----.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 12:55 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: [kl] Basset Horn Question
>
>
> Nancy Buckman wrote,
> >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, I've reached LD-50 with the extremes of cultural correctness and
> I'll
> play something on the "wrong" instrument, too, if I haven't got the one
> the
> composer intended. I don't disagree with the *effort* to play music as the
> composer wanted it played. If I can get hold of the right instrument, I
> use
> it. Nonetheless, I refuse to deprive myself of Mozart because I can't
> afford a basset clarinet.
>
> Now, in reply to Martin, danyel had written,
> >>Clearly, you assume I am NOT familiar with said works,
> >>otherwise you wouldn't deem me ill-informed? Why so
> >>snotty? I am not offending you, I just disagree. >>
>
> But later, in response to Nancy's message above, danyel let fly with this:
> >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.
> [snip]
> >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! >
>
> Danyel, it takes some chutzpah for you to accuse anybody else of
> snottiness
> when you can pontificate so loftily about the "uneducated masses." For
> your
> information, since apparently you haven't paid much attention to her
> previous posts here on Klarinet, Nancy Buckman does know how a basset horn
> sounds. She's a thoughtful, well-educated person, in general and also as
> a
> musician. (Yes, I've met her, when we both attended ClarinetFest in
> Maryland.) She doesn't deserve your rude squeaks on her "cultural
> conditions."
>
> Lelia
> (I wonder whether it's possible to play Stravinsky's "Three Pieces" on
> bass
> sax? Hmmm....)
> Lelia Loban
> http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/Lelia_Loban
>
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