Klarinet Archive - Posting 000368.txt from 1999/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Oboe ligature
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 03:54:16 -0400

I was thinking of 19th century French & British military bands, which had
lots of oboes, and presumably marched - otherwise, what would be the point
of them???
Roger Shilcock

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 22:33:28 -0400
> From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Oboe ligature
>
> At 09:44 AM 10/12/1999 EDT, Barb Levy wrote:
> >To quote Bill Hausman:
> >
> >"Yes, but
> >
> >a.) "Military" band is NOT equal to "marching" band, and
> >
> >b.) Such a band, if it was marching, would have the music memorized anyway."
> >
> >
> >And now I'll quote the Gershwin tune: "It ain't necessarily so!"
> >
> >Most of the bands I dealt with while serving in the U. S. Navy (20 years
> >worth) DID march, and at no time were required to memorize the music.
> >
> OK, I'll give you b.), but I stand by a.). For example, I doubt that Holst
> had any marching in mind when he wrote his two Suites for Military Band.
> You may have DOUBLED as a marching band, but I doubt that you considered it
> your number one duty.
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>
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