Klarinet Archive - Posting 000166.txt from 2004/07
From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] bumblebee
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:53:57 -0400
I must admit that I never met the man, but the stories about him
are legend. And I am not sure that his fantastic sounding bands
have done anything to forward music in America. He took a course
of action exactly the opposite of Fennell who made bands smaller
through his development of the wind ensemble.
Personally, I could never play in any band that had 90 or more
players. I was simply deafened by it and I could not hear other
voices clearly. In my salad days I once played in Bethlehem, PA
with a massed band group. I was one of 4 E-flat clarinet players
and it was torture. I never did it again.
Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net
-----Original Message-----
From: David McClune [mailto:dmcclune@-----.edu]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:37 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] bumblebee
Dan,
Your last comment, quoted below, is the understatement of the
month!
Revelli was a band conductor in the Toscanni style. Loud,
bullish,
humiliating, somewhat sadistic, and he created a style of band
directing
which is still neagatively affecting music education.
Yes he had fantastic sounding bands, but at what long term cost.
In a
large research study about 15 years ago it was discovered that
the
average HS band director (not the sadistic ones) used 95%
negative
comments in rehearsals! In counseling, over 50% of negative is
abuse.
Another study, unrelated to the first, about 5 years later
discovered
that the average dropout rate between high school and college
band for
band players was 95%. Makes you wonder!
Boy has this discussion changed from a buzzing fat bee!
Dave
Dr. David McClune
Professor of Woodwinds
Director of Bands
Union University-1862
1050 Union University Drive
Jackson, TN 38305
Office-731-661-5294
dmcclune@-----.edu
www.mcclunemouthpiece.com
>>> dnleeson@-----.net 07/05/04 11:36 AM >>>
That Revelli must have had some ego.
Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Forest Aten [mailto:forestaten@-----.net]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 9:12 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] bumblebee
Remember Jimmie
> Burke, the solo cornettist with the Goldman Band. As far as I
> was able to determine, he could ONLY play fast.)
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
>
>
Dan,
Do you have any of the old Goldman Band recordings?
I can remember, as a kid, listening to a remarkable recording of
the band.
Jimmy Abado performed the final movement from the Tchaikovsky vio
lin
concerto.....wow, what incredible tonguing.
I owned this recording many, many years ago. My Mother tossed it
in a
cleaning frenzy. I would love to hear it again after 40 years
passing. I've
searched the net...without luck.
Forest Aten
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