Klarinet Archive - Posting 000356.txt from 2001/03

From: "Michael Bryant" <michael@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Alexander Williams
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:44:12 -0500

There was a nearly complete set of the
old Clarinet magazine in the library
at Oberlin when I visited.

MB

Gary wrote on 13 March 2001 12:53 about Alexander Williams

>>Can anyone help with this request?
>
>>>From John Williams
>>
>>Request: I am looking for an old copy of the magazine, The Clarinet, the
>>spring issue of 1956, which features my father, Alexander Williams, on the
>>cover. He played in the New York Philharmonic (1932-48), and in the NBC
>>Symphony (48-55).
>
>
>Gary -
>
>I have 2 copies of the 1956 Clarinet Magazine with Alexander Williams on
the
>cover. I'll gladly let his son have one of them. I studied with Mr.
>Williams when I was in the West Point Band in 1967-68 and learned a lot
from
>him. He was a great store of knowledge, both about the clarinet and about
>playing in the NY Philharmonic and the NBC Symphony. I would go to his
house
>in Fort Lee, NJ, and we would work in his living room. I wish I had his A
>clarinet -- he let me try it once, and it was the best instrument I ever
>played. He told me that he played Eb clarinet in the NY Philharmonic,
using
>a silver H. Bettony instrument. I found one just last month, had it
cleaned
>up, and it really plays. I think of him when I play it. He also told me
>that he played the solo in the NBC Symphony recording of the Pines of Rome
>that has been reissued. Beautiful stuff.
>
>Someone said on the list recently that he is still alive and living on the
>west coast. I don't know whether he will remember me, but have John
Williams
>give him my best.
>
>Best regards.
>
>Ken Shaw
>
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