Klarinet Archive - Posting 000901.txt from 1999/05

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] RE: Harold Bennett
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 23:29:42 -0400

On Tue, 18 May 1999, Jim O'Briant wrote:

> If I remember correctly, it was not "Will Huff" who was a real person, but
> rather "E. G. Huffine." "Will Huff" was a true Fillmore pseudonym.
> Huffine actually lived, and he wrote the melodies to a number of
> pieces, most notably the march, "Them Basses." The rest of your note
> matches my recollection -- Fillmore would harmonize and score
> Huffine's melodies, and then publish them and pay royalties to
> Huffine. Upon Huffine's death his widow elected a one-time sale of
> rights rather than continuing royalties.

What you write seems perfectly plausible. The part of my message which
you quoted was taken verbatim from Bachman's essay on Fillmore. Perhaps
it was Huffine, and perhaps Fillmore changed it to Will Huff when he
published the pieces. Fillmore was associated with a publishing firm,
known then, and perhaps now as well, as EMB (Educational Music Bureau).

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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