Klarinet Archive - Posting 000381.txt from 1999/05

From: "Benjamin A. Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] new Hadcock book
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:22:14 -0400

>
> "I've read portions of Pete Hadcock's book and the one that will be
> published in the near future..."
>
> What is the one to be published about? Is it more on Eb orchestral
> parts? I know there are some good ones that weren't covered in the
> first book (from 1981), and if the new one is anything like the old one,
> I'd like to have a copy.
>
> Bill Edinger
>

I must say, I read this with a bit of a chuckle... I was a student of
Hadcock when he died. He had a book of standard orchestral excerpts (plus a
couple e-flat ones that didn't make it into published book because of
copyright problems) that he gave to all of the students at Eastman. We
would use this book at studio class to practice and learn excerpts. They
had extensive explanations along with cool fingerings for most big excerpts.
Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, etc... were hit in
this book. (There are about 20-30 excerpts total)

I say this with a chuckle because it was supposedly going to be published
right after he died back in October of 1993 (or at least within a year or
so...). If it actually makes it to print, I will be amazed. I sincerelly
hope it does, because it is almost certainly the best instructional excerpt
book ever written.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com

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