Klarinet Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 2001/11

From: "Burch or Susan Johnson" <bsjohnsn@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] The rabbi laughs
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:29:45 -0500

If you have a copy to spare, I'd like one, please, sir? Burch
bsjohnsn@-----.net

> Dear Oliver
>
> Of course I can send you my composition "The rabbi laughs", but a warning
> should be on its place I think. It was the first piece I ever wrote, and
my
> knowledge of the theory of music is a mere nothing. I am able to name a
few
> intervals, but that 's about all. What is even worse: the piece has been
> written "for solo clarinet and "Kunst en Genoegen"". K&G -- in English:
"Art
> and joy" I think -- is a very low level orchestra, originally a fanfare,
> that is brass, percussion and saxophones. At that time we had only, if I
> remember correct the orchestra counted only 15 members.
>
> In many places I had to simplify the anyhow already simple score. Half the
> orchestra liked the work, the other half thought it strange -- what it
is --
> and thoroughly disliked it.
>
> The music is in part my own invention, in part based on klezmer melodies,
it
> opens with a klezmer scale, and ends with "Choshn kale mazzeltov".
>
> It was not accidently, that in connection with this piece I also named the
> hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy -- btw, a great book -- and PDQ Bach: the
> latter's compositions (for what this means) definitely are better.
>
> Last, but not least, I do not compose to be played or published, I do it
> just for fun,, and it is fun to hear the computer play what I have/had in
> mind, I can tell you.
>
> If this all has not dissuaded you from publishing the "Rabbi" on your
> internet site, please mail me privately your address, I will send you a
> print of it. If you have "Personal Composer" available, I can also e-mail
it
> to you, or I could e-mail you a midi script (I think).
>
> Rien
>
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