Klarinet Archive - Posting 000026.txt from 1994/03

From: Stephen Cranefield <stephen@-----.NZ>
Subj: Anybody heard of "Walking the Dog" aka "Promenade"
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 17:19:08 -0500

Martin Brown writes:
> I have heard a brilliant clarinet piece a couple times on the radio
> called with "Walking the Dog" or "Promenade". I did some research and
> it seems that Gershwin wrote it for the Fred and Ginger film called
> "Shall we Dance". It accompanies a scene where they are "walking their
> dog" (not surprising) on the deck of an ocean liner.
>
> Has anyone seen the sheet music for this? ...

I played this with our local orchestra a couple of years ago. It's a
great little piece and lots of fun to play. We had proper printed
parts so it must still be published or at least available from some
hire library. If you like I can ask our manager where they obtained
the parts from.

- Stephen

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