Klarinet Archive - Posting 000087.txt from 2009/08

From: Richard Gordley <rgordley@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Elaine Erickson
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:43:18 -0400

Just FYI Elaine Erickson IS still alive and composing in Des Moines, IA.

Rich

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>Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:29:59 -0400
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
>Subject: Re: [kl] Solo pieces by living women composers
>Message-Id: <14B7BF37-11A9-4A53-BAEE-ED90D7AFA6D9@-----.net>
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>I played a few pieces for a composer in Baltimore (don't know if
>she's still there) named Elaine Erickson. One is called "The Black
>Jewel", on poetry by E.S. Merwin (did I get the initials right?) for
>voice and clarinet. The other is a piece for clarinet and recorded
>sound. Both are short and, IMHO, quite accessible, if definitely 20th
>C (i.e., atonal). I ASSUME she's still alive. If you don't,know about
>know Shulamit Ran's music, you should. She wrote "Private Game" for
>clar. and 'cello (really, really nice and ~4 min. long) and a longer
>work for unaccompanied clarinet, "For An Actor", which is wonderful,
>but quite challenging. And I've sent to a few people on this list a
>beautiful trio arrangement (Cl., Vc., Pno) of the folk song
>"Shenandoah" by Debbie Finestone, who lives in PA.
>
>Fred Jacobowitz
>
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