Klarinet Archive - Posting 000440.txt from 1997/06

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Woody Herman
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:44:03 -0400

On Sun, 22 Jun 1997 BuffetR13@-----.com wrote:

> I'm looking for the song by Woody Herman called "Pavane" (i believe that is
> the title) I'm looking for a friend, i have tried calling MPR and have looked
> at the Tower Music Store and can't find the song. It might be on a album
> called Road Father or La Fiesta. Anyone know where i can locate this song??

The Woody Herman band played an arrangement of Gabriel Faure's "Pavanne,"
actually, "Pavanne pour une enfante defunte," or "Pavanne for a Dead
Princess." It was arranged by Gary Anderson, one of the saxophone players
in the band, and it featured him (Anderson) playing an improvised solo on
bass clarinet (and sometimes bassoon, I think). Another fairly unusual
feature of this particular jazz version is that it features the picclo
trumpet. The arrangement has been published, I think by Warner Brothers
Music Publications. It was recorded, but I can't remember which album.
Are you trying to locate sheet music, the jazz band arrangement, or a
recording? If you want to play the basic melody on the clarinet, look for
it in the music of Faure.

Ed Lacy
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