Klarinet Archive - Posting 000726.txt from 2003/06

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Political postings - ON topic?
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 02:36:34 -0400

The two pieces by Debussy for clarinet quartet on my page, "Le petit
negre," and "Golliwog's Cakewalk," have titles which fall into the category
of being politically incorrect.

I figure it's only a matter of time before someone gets on my case about
having them on my page, surely one sponsored by a university as diverse as
CSU Dominguez Hills. Doesn't matter. They are period pieces (with very
catchy and appealing melodies) ban them from the music repertoire.

The California Sheet Music Project has a section devoted to African
American contributions (both as performers and composers),

http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~mkduggan/afro.html

Mary Kay Duggan has commendably included all of the pieces which came her
way however politically incorrect may be the titles, such as "Dat Bad Coon
from Alabama" and "I'll Carve Dat Nigger When We Meet." If you take a look
at the page, note that the pieces toward the bottom have live links for the
sheet music, but the MIDI files have been pulled from their server. Don't
know the story on that one.

Oliver

At 06:53 PM 06/21/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>What and by whom? I read your bio and looked over your music titles. Most
>of it seems to be either religious in nature or written for some religious
>organization to perform. There doesn't appear to be much that would be
>banned ... except by the Church of Christ, maybe, who doesn't believe in any
>musical instruments being used. (Of course, in the South, that's like a
>book being banned in Boston years ago: A guarantee of success. <g>)
>
>Jim Hobby
>
> >From: Mark Gresham <mgresham@-----.com>
> >
> >Has any of your music been banned? Some of mine has.
> >Has any of your music been used to promote political causes with which
> >you do not agree? Some of mine has.
>
>
>
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