Klarinet Archive - Posting 000071.txt from 2004/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Gershwin Glissando
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 17:16:25 -0400

At 06:45 PM 6/5/2004 +0200, Alf H=F6rberg wrote:
>Here is a page where it claims that Russ Gorman wrote the gliss for=
himself.
>Don't know who the author is but take it for what it's worth.
>http://hs.sft434.k12.ks.us/2003/worldhistory/gershwin/homepage

Given that he misspells "Ross" as "Russ," has the year wrong, and claims=20
that the premiere performance was recorded (quite impossible in the 1924=20
acoustic recording era) I would take the page as somewhat less than=20
authoritative. A recording of an abridged (so it would fit on two sides of=
=20
a 78 rpm record) version of the Rhapsody WAS made on June 10, 1924, with=20
the original orchestra virtually intact. I have an LP transcription of=20
that recording. I've heard better versions of the opening, particularly as=
=20
Gorman's gets quite corny later in the solo.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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