Klarinet Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 2005/12

From: Don Ames <donald_l_ames@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] sax
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:31:24 -0500

I signed up for a Clarinet Newsletter and I wake up to
about 10 emails from people all over the world! I
look forward to conversing with you. Have a great
Holiday Season.

Don Ames
4125 North Vercler Road
Spokane, WA 99216 USA

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--- dnleeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:

> Charles Ives of Danbury, Connecticut, and he was
> considerably
> more than an insurance salesman. He eventually
> became an
> executive in the insurance industry.
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Bush
> [mailto:rbushidioglot@-----.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 2:50 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] sax
>
>
> That composer was Charles Ives.
>
> Richard Bush
>
> On Dec 9, 2005, at 2:06 AM, Deborah L. Jenkins
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for answering.
> >
> >
> > Paul Kenward was also helpful in answering this
> puzzle for me.
> > Somehow he guessed correctly, that it was Percy
> Grainger. He
> also
> > informed me, as you did, that there were quite a
> few composers
> who
> > did this at that time. Not being from the UK or
> knowing tons
> of
> > composers, Percy Grainger happens to be the only
> one I'm
> familiar
> > with, but now I've got another name to be on the
> lookout for.
> I
> > only know a little bit about Mr. Grainger because
> our band
> director
> > sometimes tells us about the composers if he knows
> something
> > interesting about them. For instance, he told us
> about another
> > nameless (in my memory) American composer whose
> "real" job was
> as
> > an insurance salesman. He wrote what seem to me
> to be some
> very
> > clashing pieces- atonal, is what he's known for, I
> believe.
> But
> > he's pretty famous, and of course most folks on
> this list could
> > probably come up with his name easily. His name
> actually seems
> > almost on the tip of my tongue, but...
>
>
>
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