Klarinet Archive - Posting 000997.txt from 1998/05

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] The Wind Ensemble
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 18:20:04 -0400

On Sun, 17 May 1998, Roger Garrett wrote:
> > Don't say never Roger. He used 60 clarinets in the year 1953 as an
> > experiment. Prior to that and following that he used fewer, but 1953
> > was an experiment in which 60 were used.

32 Bb Clarinets
3 Eb Alto Clarinets
5 Bass Clarinets
1 Bb Contrabass Clarinet

Total = 41

This is over the entire 1952-53, 1953-54 seasons......

Where did you get your information, and for what event did he do this?
Could he have combined two bands - as he did in 1971 with the Concert Band
and the Symphony Band....? They were then 230 strong.....and the combined
clarinets would have been 60.....but that was not for a usual event....it
was a promotional event that was to kick off the end of a shared concert
between the two groups.

Roger Garrett
IWU

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