Klarinet Archive - Posting 000351.txt from 2009/01

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Simple Gifts
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:09:54 -0500

Tom,
I have no idea about the Williams, but I know a truly beautiful and
inspired piece for clarinet, cello and piano. My wife and I (both
pros) were quite underwhelmed by the Williams, and I was disappointed
at how poorly the clarinet was treated (musically, that is). If you
want a folk song setting, we have a real tearjerker arrangement of
"Shenandoah" by a HS Science teacher (!!) in Pennsylvania named
Debbie Finestone. Audiences swoon and the parts are easy. While the
piece is unpublished, I have a recopied manuscript, and the composer
would probably be flattered beyond belief to have anyone interested
in performing it.

Fred Jacobowitz

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo

You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
~Doug Floyd

On Jan 24, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Tom McKay wrote:

> Concerning the Air and Simple Gifts (John Williams) performed at the
> inauguration: Does anyone know if score and/or parts are or will be
> available? Or how to find out?
>
> Tom
>
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