Klarinet Archive - Posting 000401.txt from 1997/03

From: Gary Young <gyoung@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Pre-WWII American Repertoire
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 10:47:18 -0500

Well, this IS a day for confusion. First David Hattner ascribes to me a
message I thought was from April Shallenberg, and now Paolo ascribes to
Kennen White a message I thought I had sent (see Paolo's message below). My
sense of identity, fragile at best, is reeling under these blows. :)

Anyway, here's the information you wanted, Paolo.

The Copland pieces are published by Boosey & Hawkes. (The "As It Fell" is
for cl, flute & soprano; the Sextet for cl, piano and string quartet. The
Sextet also exists in another incarnation as Copland's Second Symphony, as
I recall.) The Cowell (for cl and piano) is published by Merion Music.
The Cage unaccompanied Sonata (which I mentioned though you don't ask
about) is published by Peters.

Incidentally, I just read in a book about Cage that at the premiere of the
Sonata (circa 1939), the clarinetist (unnamed) had not prepared the piece,
and Cage had to perform it on piano. I wonder if Cage felt that violated
his intention as a composer. Does anyone know more about this event? Also
incidentally, I performed the Cage Sonata once on a hot summer day, and
found myself seated directly under a rotating ceiling fan which people
wouldn't let me turn off (too hot, no air conditioning). The fan imparted
a strange slow vibrato-like effect to the clarinet sound. (I don't
understand the acoustics of this.) At first I was irritated, but then I
realized this was the sort of thing Cage would have loved, and really got
into the sound.

I get all my music from Eble Music in Iowa, USA. Their phone number is
(319) 338-0313. They give excellent and extremely knowledgable service,
and I assume they ship to Italy. You might want to ask around in Rome
first, though.

As the NY Times noted last Sunday, this year is the 100th anniversary of
Cowell's birth -- a good time to remember him with his music.

Good luck, Paolo! (Nice Charlie Parker quote, by the way)

Gary Young (at least that's who I think I am)

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From: paolo ravaglia[SMTP:peval@-----.IT]
Subject: Re: Pre-WWII American Repertoire

Hi Ken,
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997 12:31:44 -0600 you spoke about

Copland's "As It Fell Upon A Day" and his Sextet
and
Cowell's Six Casual Developments

>From: Kennen White[SMTP:Kennen.White@-----.EDU]
>Sent: Friday, March 07, 1997 6:21 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET
>Subject: Pre-WWII American Repertoire

Can you give me the edition of that pieces and, possibly, some advices
to order them??

Ciao

Paolo

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Paolo Ravaglia Roma Italy
Alter Ego Contemporary Music Ensemble
Conservatorio "G. Frescobaldi"
of FERRARA clarinet main teacher
peval@-----.it
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"Forget about the changes in key and just
play within the range of the idea"
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