Klarinet Archive - Posting 000007.txt from 2006/06

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] ebony and ivory
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:58:06 -0400

John,
Yup, you are.

FJ

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo
On Jun 1, 2006, at 5:49 PM, John Dablin wrote:

> On Thursday 01 Jun 2006 22:12, Rien Stein wrote:
> [ snip ]
>> But I wondered suddenly about the Ebony and Ivory Duo. Does it mean
>> this duo (clarinet and piano?) is made up from a white and a black
>> man? And if so, why stress the difference in skin colour? I have many
>> thoughts about it, but I would like to hear your explanation.
>
> [ snip ]
>
> My guess is this: ebony = black wood, i.e. clarinet (consider
> Stravinsky
> "Ebony Concerto").
> Ivory = piano, from the days when piano keys were made from ivory.
> "Tickle the ivories" is slang for play the piano, usually implying a
> jazz or swing idiom. Hence this is a clarinet and piano duo.
>
> Am I right Fred?
>
> John Dablin
> Aylesbury UK
>
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