Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 1995/10

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Question about a work
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 23:32:14 -0400

Lou,
Have you thought about contacting Penny Russianoff (Leon's widow)? I
wonder if she might have some left? Just a thought.

Fred J.

On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Lou Polcari wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Oct 1995, niethamer@-----.BITNET wrote:
> >On Thu, 5 Oct 1995, Mark Dunlop wrote:
> >
> >> I hearned a bit about Leon Russianoff while learning from one of my
> >> teachers here in Christchurch. This teacher lent me two ring-bound
> >> Russianoff "method" books (I can't remember their names now), but I
> >> haven't been able to track down any copies in NZ.
> >>
> >> Would you (or anyone else) be able to tell me where I might find
> >> them ?
> >
> >I think they must be long out of print. They were published by Schirmer,
> >then Leon got them back when Schirmer was bought out (by MacMillan?), and
> >since his death, I haven't seen anything about them.
> >
> >Anyone know the ins and outs of the publishing biz enough to give us a
> >lead on this?
> >
> >David Niethamer
>
> I have a copy of the two volume book By Leon Russianoff. Just Two yea
rs
> ago I tried to get a copy for a friend of mine and got the big run around only
> to find that the books were no longer published. I think this is a huge loss
> for clarinet world as these books are wonderful. I only wish I might have
> studied with Mr. Russianoff.
>
->
>
> Lou Polcari
>
> Grad Student
> University of Oregon
> School of Music
>