Klarinet Archive - Posting 000544.txt from 1998/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] overcoming chestnut ennui
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:07:57 -0400

From: Jill R. Exner <exner@-----.com>
>On Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:47:57 -0700 Edinger/Gilman <wde1@-----.com> writes:
>>Chris Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>"I've always liked "SLeigh Ride" and will never tire of it."
>>
>>But Chris, as I recall, you're about 16 years old. Wait till you're
>>three times that age :-).
>>
>Aw, Bill! I'm just about 3 times his age, and I love to hear (and play)
>"Sleigh Ride" every year; and "Bugler's Holiday" is part of my very
>earliest memories (my father was a high school band director).

And I've got a (probably) 35 year old recording of Rafael Mendez & sons
playing Bugler's Holiday - and it's as pleasing today as it was when I first
heard it (my mother gave me a number of old LPs that I had coveted for a
long time - including a number of Burl Ives and old Belafonte recordings).
The Leroy Anderson tunes remind me of Zez Confree tunes - boring if not
played well because of the repetition, but pleasing when variation is added
in tempo & dynamics. I know something about this - my 13 year old plays a
lot of Confree & Anderson (both trumpet and piano works :^) Hearing Dizzy
Fingers for the umpteenth time will drain you (but _what_ a crowd pleaser!)

Cheers,
Mark C.
charette@-----.org

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