Author: RAMman
Date: 2004-04-13 16:11
What right does someone have to say that some people's views are more valid than others? The above post is silly...I know plenty of pro players in well known orchestras who talk absolute nonsense...oh but hang on, their points are more valid than some amateur (which I presume I have been lumped as)...that's rediculous.
Someone who knows...my comments are based on other comments made by elite clarinet players, many of whom worked with or knew Mr. Goodman. I don't just make up stuff and place it on boards like this.
As for my Collins/Pletnev conversation, you missed my point. I was not saying it is more appropriate to improvise in Mozart than to 'swing' Copland...it was an illustration of a conductor/soloist relationship.
Just because you can't find an example of something elsewhere, does not make it invalid. To concerto is dedicated to a man who played in a certain way. Copland must have written the concerto to play to these strengths, accents and rythmns are used to create an almost 'written out swing' but if these rythmns are played entirely precisely, they sound absurd. Therefore, there must be some ground for adding additional styling (my original point if you notice).
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