Klarinet Archive - Posting 000156.txt from 1996/09

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: I need help
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 09:52:45 -0400

Benjamin,
What about Karel Husa?????!!!!!!!!! He's a FABULOUS composer and
his Slovakic Evocations is masterly. Are you sure that Howard Hanson
never wrote anything for us?I can't believe that Eastman's list of
"approved composers" has only those two composers you mentioned on it.
Dig deeper.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, Benjamin Maas wrote:

> I have a rather peculiar request for everybody on the list. I will be
> giving a senior recital this semester (if I can get a hall) and the Eastman
> School has imposed a new requirement on our repertoire that we can play.
> All recitals need to have a work by a composer that has been associated with
> the school. My current program includes: Weber, Grand Duo, Babin Hillindale
> Waltzes, and the Othmar Schoeck Bass Clarinet Sonata. I could really use
> either an unaccompanied piece or some sort of a chamber work. I know about
> the works that Sam Adler wrote, but I am not too thrilled with them.... I
> don't know, but they just don't excite me.
>
> If anybody out there in Klarinet-land knows of anything out there that might
> fit this requirement, I would love to hear about it. Thanks in advance!!!!!
>
> Benjamin Maas
>
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