Klarinet Archive - Posting 000640.txt from 1998/06

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Serious music and entertainment
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:30:48 -0400

Q.1

"Wagner's music is not so bad as it sounds". (or approx. that)
--- Mark Twain.
Discuss, with examples.
rjs

On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Kevin Fay (LCA) wrote:

> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 08:16:20 -0700
> From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: "'klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: RE: [kl] Serious music and entertainment
>
> Well, I absolutely love Wagner . . . until the singing starts.
>
> kjf
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pollyg@-----.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 1998 7:53 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Serious music and entertainment
>
>
> P: There are two radio stations programmed into my car radio - WQED (all
> classical, all day) and WDUQ (hot news and cool jazz). I drive an hour
> and a half to work one way and unfortunately lose both of them about
> three quarters of the way (then I have to play tapes). I absolutely
> agree with you about the continuum.
> I think my preference for these two types are based mainly on my love of
> INSTRUMENTAL music - no words to try and decipher. (I can see the
> dragons gathering for the flaming - any Pernese out there?)
>
> Paulette
>
> On Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:04:55 -0400 "Justin Wood" <olio555@-----.com>
> writes:
> >>I hope I live to see the day when "jazz" & "classical" are seen
> >>more as part of a continuum, and musicians are encouraged to learn
> >>more of the spectrum of sounds and techniques than many currently
> >>do. I know pianists who hold Bach, Mozart, Art Tatum and Bill
> >>Evans in equal regard. I applaud them. I'd love to see
> >>performance of a Benny Goodman or Jimmy Hamilton solo
> >>transcription as a requirement for serious clarinet students.
> >
> >I think so too. I agree with both points. I love playing and
> >listening to
> >both "jazz" and "classical" music.
> >And while the subject is brought up. (uh, sort of) Where can you get
> >transcriptions to some of those Goodman solos? Like the solos in
> >Sing,
> >Sing, Sing and in particular I would like the clarinet part for a
> >piece
> >called "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise". The piece was recorded
> >with
> >the Benny Goodman Quartet. I think the piece would be an excellent,
> >flashy
> >piece to play at those band festivals when everyone else is "showing
> >off".
> >
> >We played "Sing, Sing, Sing" for a band show. Everyone else thought
> >of the
> >"Chip's Ahoy" commercial. I was the only one who had heard the song
> >on a
> >record or CD. Everyone else hadn't a clue.
> >>
> >>As for the debate on music vs. entertainment; I've probably got
> >>enough flames on the way as it is!
> >>
> >>Merlin Williams
> >>merlinw@-----.ca
> >>http://www.netcom.ca/~merlinw
> >>(A member of the Sax Ring!)
> >
> >No flames here! You made a good point that I think others will agree
> >with!
> >
> >Justin Wood
> >olio555@-----.com
> >ICQ# 5950327
> >
> >
> >
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