Klarinet Archive - Posting 000778.txt from 1997/12

From: Ken Bryson <kbryson@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Clarinet Music Database
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:34:02 -0500

Mark,

It's an incredible resource, and getting better every day. I've used it
a couple of times and also benefitted from times you have done searches
for others on the list. Many thanks for your wonderful contribution.

Nancy

Mark Charette wrote:
>
> I just looked back to 13 months ago when I said I'd put
> together a little database of clarinet music. I figured
> I'd get a few hundred entries and I'd be basically done.
>
> Whoomp.
>
> I was incredibly wrong. In the last 13 months, with a lot
> of help from a few members (Takashi Kawai doing close to
> a thousand, Gary VanCott and Michael Norsworthy submitting
> many of their favorites, and a few others), I've cataloged
> and cross-referenced over 6000 compositions by over 2700
> composers.
>
> I'm now in the process of changing the database format to
> allow better searching capabilities (date ranges, number
> of player ranges, standardization of publisher names,
> checking for durations, you get the drift), along with
> trying to sort through a backlog of 4 or 5 thousand more
> entries.
>
> It's a resource; it's free; I'm having a good time
> putting it together; so please make use of it!
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Mark Charette, Webmaster - http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
> Web/Personal - charette@-----.org
> Business - charette@-----.com
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> Lily Henderson, age 11