Klarinet Archive - Posting 000734.txt from 1995/05

From: "Michael A. Cassara" <michael.cassara@-----.COM>
Subj: The Clarinet Polka
Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 19:01:00 -0400

>The Clarinet Polka!! This song has probably done more for the
>clarinet in modern times than anything else I can think of. It is
>certainly the tune that made me decide that I wanted to learn
>to play the clarinet. It was at a wedding back in the days when
>young kids went to weddings. Come to think of it, as a child,
>wedding receptions were about the only exposure I had to live
>music. And the Clarinet Polka was always played by any band
>that had a clarinet. Some even played it on Sax (yech!).

Great tune. I remember watching Lawrence Welk at my grandma's house once.
They didn't have Henry Cuesta play it but rather Myron Floren, the accordian
player. The funny part is that they brought out a tuba (yes, tuba) player
who played the complete thing on that awful brass thing. It does take
talent though.

Mike Cassara,
Cleveland, Ohio