Klarinet Archive - Posting 000521.txt from 1999/09

From: "Antoine Clark" <CLARIGUY@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Composed for Benny Goodman
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 02:15:42 -0400

Malcolm Arnold wrote his second clarinet concerto op.115 for Benny Goodman.
Also Benny's Gig a duet was written by Morton Gould for clarinet and double
bass.
----- Original Message -----
From: chuck <chucwill@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Composed for Benny Goodman

> I was having an informal "Trivial Pursuit"-type session with a friend,
> and we were trying to name the pieces that were composed specifically
> for/commissioned by Benny Goodman ("legit" pieces only, not pop tunes,
> and not pieces that were randomly dedicated to B.G. in hopes that he
> would play some unknown composer's new work. . .). Can anyone add to
> this list? I've come up with:
>
> Bartok "Contrasts"
> Milhaud "Concerto"
> Copand "Concerto"
> Gould "Derivations"
> Alex North "Concerto"
> Bernstein "Prelude, Fugue and Riffs" (was it for Benny Goodman??)
>
> Sure seems like there should be more. . .
>
> Chuck
>
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