Klarinet Archive - Posting 000169.txt from 2004/07

From: "Howard Shertzer" <shertzhg@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Revelli
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:46:41 -0400

Dave,

I played under Revelli in the University of Michigan band in 1963-1967. The
man was inspiring, and totally professional.
For example, if a clarinet player did not have a good playable spare reed,
he/she could be sent away from rehearsal with some humiliation. And why
not? He was training students to be professional musicians. Can you imagine
a professional musician without a spare reed?

And the man was a musical genius. He taught us musicianship. We did not just
play notes and follow dynamics. We played music. He was one of the most
inspiring men I have ever met. I would respect your comments if you played
in his bands. If you haven't, you don't know what you are talking about.

Howard

Howard G. Shertzer, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Health & Center for Environmental Genetics
Director of Environmental Genetics & Molecular Toxicology Graduate Program
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056
Voice (513) 558-0522; Fax (513) 558-0925
Email shertzhg@-----.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "David McClune" <dmcclune@-----.edu>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 1:37 PM
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
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> -----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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