Klarinet Archive - Posting 000559.txt from 2004/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Opera productions that should be damned
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 07:11:38 -0400

At 09:16 PM 10/20/2004 -0700, Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:
>That was my mental error. Sorry. I meant "And the Angels Sing".
>
>"Ancient" was probably an overstatement also since I don't know how old
>the original tune actually is; but I suspect it goes as far back as some
>of the operas that we've been discussing.
>
>Here's a quote from an article that talks at length about adaptations of
>Hebrew music, and the barriers that arose to such adaptations:
> http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0411/is_n1_v47/ai_21042636/pg_2
>
> > That same year, Benny Goodman cut his
> > classic rendition of "And the Angels Sing."
> > based on a well-known klezmer dance tune,
> > [snip] the swing portion is proudly
> > up-to-date, with contemporary harmonies and
> > voicings, the klezmer interlude seems frozen
> > in time, a nostalgic window into an era which
> > has passed

Ziggy Elman's klezmer trumpet solo brought the tune back to its roots and
is justly famous.

Bill Hausmann

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

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