Klarinet Archive - Posting 000251.txt from 2011/03

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Prokofiev Sonata Op. 94
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:46:29 -0400

On 27 Mar 2011, at 17:56, Vann Turner wrote:

> A cursory check in Wikipedia states Prokofiev's opera War and Peace was
> written in 1942.
>
> Although as Mr Pay states that the sonata should stand on its own, if
> Prokofiev did borrow from the opera, I would certain listen to the it to
> inform my understand. I'm sure many musicians would do the same.

Quite right, Vann Joe. It was the word 'essential' in:

> Listening to the opera is essential to understanding the vocal nature of the sonata phrasing, and the word settings show where to breathe.

...that I was objecting to, as well as the presumptuous tone of the rest of his post.

Tony
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