Klarinet Archive - Posting 000191.txt from 2010/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Joplin Rags for Woodwind Quintet
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:42:16 -0400

At 05:21 PM 7/11/2010, you wrote:
>My wife is now playing oboe in a woodwind quintet so I have taken
>three Joplin rags that I transcribed for a reed quintet at the Hartt
>School of Music and adapted them for woodwind quintet. My focus was
>to vary the instrumentation so that everyone in the group has
>something fun to play and to create a lot of variety of instrumental
>combinations. The three rags are Sugar Cane (A ragtime two step),
>The Ragtime Dance (a two step with stop time), and The Cascades. If
>you would like to see and hear these, you could visit my website at
>http://cooppress.net. Your feedback about whether you think I have
>achieved my goal is appreciated.
>
>Sy Brandon
>Professor of Music Emeritus
>Millersville University of PA

They sound quite characteristic. I've heard Joplin transcribed for
woodwind trio, saxophone quartet, and several other groupings, and it
he always holds up. And people can't stop tapping their toes!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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