Klarinet Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 2007/06

From: "Bill Foss" <billfoss47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] work for clarinet and organ
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:07:15 -0400

Do you have a MIDI file for us to hear what these arrangements sound like ?

Bill Foss
US Army Retired
USC Aiken, Clarinet Professor
Director of Bands, Aiken Prep

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From: "James Sclater" <Sclater@-----.edu>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:30 AM
Subject: [kl] work for clarinet and organ

> Dear Klarinet listers,
>
> I'd like to take this opportunity to inform you of a new publication
> for clarinet and organ which has just been published by E.C. Schirmer
> Publishing of Boston. It's entitled Five Old American Songs for Clarinet
> in B-flat and Organ by James Sclater, catalog # 6991. The selections
> include When Jesus Wept, My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, Nobody knows
> theTrouble I've Seen, Amazing Grace, and Walls of Zion.
>
> Two of the movements, Amazing Grace and Nobody Knows the Trouble I've
> Seen, are done with a New Orleans jazz flavor and have opportunities for
> some improvisation. The movements are short enough to be done in a
> church or concert setting (I've done them all in both a church service
> and recital). One of the reasons for doing this set was to fill the need
> for clarinet music which could be performed in a church setting. The
> reaction to this work has been very positive indeed.
>
> I hope you will give this a try. Thanks so much.
>
> Jim Sclater,
> Professor of Music,
> Mississippi College
>
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