Klarinet Archive - Posting 001009.txt from 1998/05

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Wind Ensemble
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 22:59:46 -0400

Dee:

I'm sorry. Since the material appeared above your name, I thought you had
written it.

My Apologies,

Carl Schexnayder

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From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Wind Ensemble

>Please be more careful with your snips and quotes. Things are being
attributed
>to the wrong person here. None of the material below the signature
immediately
>following this paragraph is mine!
>
>Dee Hays
>Canton, SD
>
>
>
>Carl Schexnayder wrote:
>
>> Dee Hays wrote:
>>
>> >In 1782 the word "Harmonie" meant a very specific kind of a wind band.
>> >By 1810 is slowly began to take on the meaning of a military band.
>> >By 1850 it meant any band with wind and brass musicians. So the
>> >phenomenon you are describing (i.e., a wind ensemble changing its
>> >character over time) is very consistent with past history.
>> >
>> Dee D. Hays
>> Canton, SD
>>
>> Fennell's idea, which I thought came about through collaboration with
>> various composers who had not written for the band because of uncertain
>> instrumentation, was to provide a standard instrumentation so that
composers
>> would be able to write with confidence that a group made up of a
standard
>> instrumentation would perform their works. These were some of the
composers
>> who were perceived to be better composers, but who would not consider
>> writing for the band because of non-standard instrumentation.
>>
>> So, my question is this: Is this purpose no longer worthy of
consideration
>> or is it something we should try to support?
>>
>> Carl Schexnayder
>>
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