Klarinet Archive - Posting 000890.txt from 1998/02

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: duets
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:02:12 -0500

Megan,
C'mon, stop holding out. Play fair and give us some more detailed
information. 1) WHO PUBLISHES THIS COLLECTION???????? Have you contacted
the publisher? What country? E.g., if it's a Canadian company, good bet
the composer's Canadian. 2) What is the instrumentation. 3) What year is
it published? (If it was pre-WW 2 it makes a difference) 4) If you think
the composer is American, have you contacted ASCAP, BMI, the American
Composers' Alliance, etc.? 5) Where are you located? Near any conservatory
where you can ask the librarians to look at those specialized directories
that they usually have, such as Baker's? All this will help us know where
NOT to look (so we don't waste time).

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Megan Johnston wrote:

> Hi all, I need some help. My friend and I are playing a duet for a
> 20th Century recital and we can't find any information on the composer.
> We are playing 3 duets out of a book called "Duets Extraordinaire" by
> Tone Kwas.
> Has anyone heard of him? If you have could you please help us out, he's
> not in the New Grove or anywhere else that we've checked.
> Thanks alot, Megan Johnston
>
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