Klarinet Archive - Posting 000072.txt from 2007/07

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cesar Pugni: The Little Humpbacked Horse
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:39:22 -0400

Bill,
I tend to agree. I suspect Russianoff learned it from his teacher,
Bellison, who was born and trained in Russia.

Fred J.

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo
On Jul 8, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Bill Foss wrote:

> No idea at all. I heard it at the summer palace in St. Petersburg
> several years ago. My memory (old) says that it was "cute" but that
> there was not much to it.
>
> I don't believe it is the work you are looking for because Shchedrin
> didn't start composing until he was in his 20's (in the mid-1950's)
> which is way later than the date of the 1930's or earlier for the
> piece you are looking for.
>
> Sorry I can't be of more help.
>
> Bill Foss
> US Army Retired
> USC Aiken, Clarinet Professor
> Director of Bands, Aiken Prep
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Jacobowitz"
> <fbjacobo@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 11:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Cesar Pugni: The Little Humpbacked Horse
>
>
>> Well, now that you say he wrote a clarinet piece, (I didn't realize
>> that was what you were saying - Duh!) it MIGHT actually be that one.
>> However, the date would have to have been sometime in the
>> 1940's/50's. Do you have any idea where one would get this piece?
>> It's worth looking at anyway.
>>
>> Fred J.
>>
>> Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
>> Ebony and Ivory Duo
>> On Jul 8, 2007, at 5:51 AM, Bill Foss wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, you are correct. I just knew that Shchedrin has written a
>>> clarinet work based on Pugi's The Little Humpbacked Horse.
>>>
>>> From your dating, this is obviously not the work being looked for.
>>>
>>> Bill Foss
>>> US Army Retired
>>> USC Aiken, Clarinet Professor
>>> Director of Bands, Aiken Prep
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Jacobowitz"
>>> <fbjacobo@-----.net>
>>> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:32 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [kl] Cesar Pugni: The Little Humpbacked Horse
>>>
>>>
>>>> Bill,
>>>> This would have been back before 1930 and maybe even before 1900.
>>>> Isn't that a little early for Shchedrin? He was born in 1932,
>>>> according to Groves.
>>>>
>>>> Fred J.
>>>>
>>>> Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
>>>> Ebony and Ivory Duo
>>>> On Jul 7, 2007, at 11:02 PM, Bill Foss wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Try Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin as the composer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill Foss
>>>>> US Army Retired
>>>>> USC Aiken, Clarinet Professor
>>>>> Director of Bands, Aiken Prep
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Jacobowitz"
>>>>> <fbjacobo@-----.net>
>>>>> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 6:26 PM
>>>>> Subject: [kl] Cesar Pugni: The Little Humpbacked Horse
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's one for the mavens: my teacher, the sadly-departed Leon
>>>>>> Russianoff, told me that he really would like to find a work
>>>>>> which he remembered from way back called "The Little Humpbacked
>>>>>> Horse". It was actually a paraphrase a la Rigoletto Concert
>>>>>> Fantasy. I know that the Italian composer Cesar Pugni wrote the
>>>>>> ballet of that name but I have no idea who wrote the paraphrase.
>>>>>> Anyone wanna take a stab at it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fred Jacobowitz
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
>>>>>> Ebony and Ivory Duo
>>>>>>
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