Klarinet Archive - Posting 000004.txt from 1997/10

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Great Trio a la Elsa
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 08:22:44 -0400

David C. Blumberg wrote: The
> publisher is Doblinger (Mark C., add that to the database)

Did it. Thanks.

To all Klarinet members:

If you could take the time to go through your collections and compare
them with the database on sneezy it would be *greatly* appreciated.
As many of you know, I started out thinking late last year that I'd
catalog maybe 4 or 5 hundred pieces for the clarinet. I *grossly*
underestimated what I would end up doing; I now have about 5000
different pieces cataloged by about 2300 different composers. I am
very interested in all pieces utilizing clarinet, including those
that are cataloged in some obscure, out of the way place, or ones
that *someone* has photocopied and squirreled away - as long as they're
willing to share their copy. One of the prime criteria for music that
I'm including on sneezy in availablity, not publication.

Inclusion of any relevant notes on the performace of any of the pieces
that you supply are also very welcome, especially when and where
the premiere performance took place, along with dedications,
names of commissioners, any grants or fellowships involved, whether
it was part of a degree program, etc.

There are a few other people heavily involved in the database I'd like
to mention:

Takashi Kawai, who's formatting entries for me from the American
Music Center

Georgiana McReynolds, who did a great deal of research into composer
birth & death years

Michael Thrasher, with whom I'm collaborating presently with an aim
to publish an extensively cross-referenced bibliography in 2 or 3
years based on the on-line database (which will remain free and on-line
- as long as I stay on-line).

Also, there are a number of Klarinet members who have contributed works
and notes; hopefully I've thanked all of those personally.
--
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