Klarinet Archive - Posting 000077.txt from 2007/11

From: "Daniel Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Original Ragtime Piano Pieces Arranged for Band
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:44:57 -0500

Absolute masterpieces!!! Not all the buttons were working on the website,
but the band arrangements were spectacular. When I played with the New
Sousa Band under Keith Brion, two kinds of music would, on occasion, cause
me to lose it, so overcome with emotion was I. The first were the Sousa
marches, which I think are world-class miniature compositions. The second
were any of the then available rags, few of which had the character of these
band arrangements.

The arrangements are impressive. And one can be made to understand how this
kind of music must have knocked the socks off of musical America at that
time, so head and shoulders were they above the pap of waltzes, polkas, and
schottisches that were played as incidental music at band concerts of the
era.

Dan Leeson
dnleeson@-----.net
SKYPE: dnleeson

-----Original Message-----
From: whitcopress@-----.net]
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:50 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Original Ragtime Piano Pieces Arranged for Band

For those of you who enjoy ragtime music, I thought I'd let you know
I've just added recordings of band arrangements of 17 of my piano
rags to my web site:

http://www.whitcopress.com/ragtime.html

I hope you enjoy them!

Best,
Richard White
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