Klarinet Archive - Posting 000660.txt from 2000/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Some Personal Notes On Dvorak
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 19:41:07 -0400

At 08:56 AM 4/15/2000 PDT, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>
>
>>From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
>>This will most likely be a rather lengthy post - and not very much on
>>topic, but I feel I have much to say at this moment. Right now, I stand
>>before you not as a clarinetist, bassist, contrabassist, or an otaku (of
>>sorts), but rather as a small child who has suddenly filled with an
>>immense wonder of the world around him. More or less, this post will help
>>me gain a greater understanding of myself, and maybe even you will come to
>>understand me more than I will.
>>
>
>All I have to say to this post is *blinkblink*
>Must be one helluva piece. I'm going to replace my pads
>today, think I could find a copy?
>
>Kevin Callahan
>That Piece Must Be Godly

The Dvorak "New World" symphony was one of my earliest exposures to
classical music, via a 78rpm set conducted by Leopold Stokowski. I think I
know the part in the 4th movement Shouryu referred to in his post, and it
consistently raises the hair on the back of my neck! I think the work gets
looked down upon somewhat as being too "accesible" since it is quite
popular in the concert halls and frequently recorded, but think
accessibility is a good thing. I conducted a community band some years ago
that played a much shortened and simplified version of the 4th movement.
Even that version gave me the chill down my spine!

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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