Klarinet Archive - Posting 000142.txt from 2001/06

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] D minor : B major :: G minor : ???
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:31:42 -0400

At 05:27 AM 06/03/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Oh, his arrangement of "America" is now a very well-known band piece and
>is just terrific, both to play and to hear. There are times when you
>can't help wondering which drug he was on for a particular section,
>and then which drug he switched to for the next one. Really great
>twisting of harmonies and sonority! It might be helpful to pop a pill or
>smoke a handrolled drum just before going on stage to play
>it!
>
>Neil

Neil,

I believe the arrangment of the Variations on America by Ives was made by
someone other than Ives.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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