Klarinet Archive - Posting 000492.txt from 1997/06

From: "George E. Landis" <gelandis@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Woody Herman
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:44:55 -0400

Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
>
> 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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Actually, the "Pavanne for a Dead Princess" is by Ravel, not Faure'.
There is a Faure' "Pavanne" but they're definitely NOT the same piece.

Regards.