Klarinet Archive - Posting 000005.txt from 2010/06

From: matthew dineen <mgnat45@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Who Played Clarinet in the Godfather?
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:46:45 -0400

The website of Herbert Blayman (principal clarinet, Met opera, until about =
1980) seems to claim that Blayman played the clarinet on the soundtrack.

http://www.blaymanmusic.com/about.html.

But I didn't see any other reference on the web to his having performed it.

There are many versions of the sheet music available online, some automatic=
ally transposable to other keys, and a nice performance on YouTube by clari=
net and accordian. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DI451dI8tppg.

I really enjoy this piece for clarinet too.

Matt Dineen

--- On Mon, 5/31/10, Claudia Zornow <claudia@-----.net> wrote:

> From: Claudia Zornow <claudia@-----.net>
> Subject: [kl] Who Played Clarinet in the Godfather?
> To: Klarinet@-----.com
> Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 2:34 PM
> Douglas Ramsdell writes:
> =

> > The guy playing the clarinet onscreen in the Godfather
> was most=A0 =

> > likely an EXTRA, with no relation whatsoever to the
> person playing=A0 =

> > clarinet on the soundtrack. Extras casting agencies
> often stipulate=A0 =

> > playing ability (and ability to furnish one's own
> instruments) when=A0 =

> > casting onscreen bands/orchestras, and there are
> plenty of SAG-card- =

> > carrying musicians who do that kind of work. =

> =

> Very interesting -- I never knew that.=A0 Thanks for the
> information!
> =

> Claudia
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