Klarinet Archive - Posting 000555.txt from 1995/05

From: Gregory Andrew Seigel <gas11@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Goodman clarinet concerti
Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 06:41:37 -0400

Please excuse my possible ignorance, but what did Goodman commission from
Stravinsky? It is my understanding that the Ebony Concerto was written
for Woody Herman.

The note about the Milhaud concerto is news to me as well. Any clue as
to why it was not successful?

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Andrew Seigel
Clarinetist, CSU Fresno
gas11@-----.edu

>
> My source is an album note on the CD "Four Orchestral Works by Aaron
> Copland" Musical Heritage Society (MHS 512336). I must admit that I
> assumed the reference was to concerti. The source reads "Benny Goodman
> had commissioned works from Bartok, Hindemith and Stravinsky before