Klarinet Archive - Posting 000196.txt from 1997/03

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Humorous clarinet music
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 15:34:26 -0500

Also by Zen Confrey - Dizzy Fingers is fun and easy to play. Or, if your a
monster, then play the Hora Stacatto.

At 07:52 PM 3/4/97 -0600, Robert D. Shaw wrote:
>David,
> How about:
> Flight of the Bumblebee
> Lightning Fingers by Henry Fillmore, Carl Fischer pub.
> or Golliwoggs Cake Walk-Debussy, Belwin Mills pub.
>
>These pieces are not very long, but really fun and light! My students
>love listening to them!
>
>Deborah
>David Frank wrote:
>>
>> I'm looking for some sort of unique and/or humorous work for clarinet
>> and preferably with piano accompiament. The setting with be a Suzuki
>> Music Camp this summer (at Seabeck, Washington state) on parents
>> performance night. In the past I've played standard literature, and
>> while I certainly had the attention and appreciation of the more
>> serious parents and teachers, most of the others were lost. So,
>> looking for something unique, funny, interesting, or whatever. Any
>> ideas........thanks!
>>
>> David Frank, free lance clarinetist, Seattle
>
>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
reedman@-----.com