Klarinet Archive - Posting 000105.txt from 2010/10

From: "Shaw, Tim" <Tim.Shaw@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Goodman/Bartok/Contrasts
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:27:47 -0400

PS: Disappointingly, Schuller merely mentions Goodman's Bartock commission in the chapter devoted to Goodman in his book "The Swing Era".
FWIW, I think that that book remains one of the most intelligent and (possibly only) musically literate analyses of the swing era published to date.
In mentioning Goodman's "classical" aspirations, Schuller claims Goodman as the frst major "third stream" musician.
- "Third stream" being a concept invented by Schuller himself, who apart from being a composer & conductor was a primarily a french horn player.
He coined the term to descrie the results of collaborations between people like himself and others like John Lewis who were comfortable, interested and competent at both extremes (and they are, IMO!)
A few of the results still sound ok today - John Lewis' film score for a "Milanese Story" is one of the best.
Tim

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From: Shaw, Tim
Sent: 18 October 2010 09:18
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Subject: RE: [kl] Goodman/Bartok/Contrasts

Collier's book (I have a copy which I checked) doesn't say anything useful and doesn't provide any primary references on the topic.
If someone like Gunther Schuller has written anything about Bartok/Goodman connection, it *would* be worth chasing up.

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From: David B. Niethamer [mailto:dniethamer@-----.net]
Sent: Friday, 15 October, 2010 11:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [kl] Goodman/Bartok/Contrasts

On Oct 15, 2010, at 3:00 AM, Tony Pay wrote:

> A Spanish student of mine wants to research Bartok's relationship with Goodman in the genesis of the Contrasts.
>
> Is there an obvious English language source?
>
Off the top of my head - sorry - no time to look in any detail right at the moment -

James Lincoln Collier's biography of Goodman. There may be better Goodman bios, but that's the one I know and own.

Halsey Stevens' biography of Bartok.

these books might point to more primary source material - don't know for sure, and don't have time to check right now.

Also, Maureen Hurd (Hause) did her thesis on some of Goodman's classical commissions. She's at Rutgers U in New Jersey (US), dissertation at Yale. You can find her on Facebook.

HTH

David

David B. Niethamer
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