Klarinet Archive - Posting 000551.txt from 1995/05

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.EDU>
Subj: John Henninger's question on Goodman clarinet concerti
Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 06:41:33 -0400

Goodman did commission many concerti and chamber works but you may have
the Bartok commission mixed up with something else. Goodman commissioned
the Contrasts but I know of no concerto discussion that he had with Bartok.
He also commissioned the Milhaud concerto but it was never very successful.

I suspect that Goodman's greatest contribution to the world of music - and
he certainly made many - will eventually turn out to be the music he
commissioned. For the Bartok comission alone his name will be immortal
just as the Bach Goldberg variations remind us of a person whose lifetime
accomplishments have all been forgotten except that he influenced Bach.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
(leeson@-----.edu)
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