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Author: rocout
Date: 2003-04-25 16:07
I'm currently playing 2nd on the Berio Sinfonia and I noticed something strange: at the very end of my (rental) part the signature of "Drucker '84" appears. There is a kind of a curved line coming off the "r" and continuing underneath the name. Anyone know if the NY Phil played the Berio Sinfonia in '84? And if this is really his signature, why would he have been playing the 2nd part? Maybe this is some other Drucker, or simply someone being cute? This question probably makes me sound like some kind of groupie, but it has piqued my curiousity. Any ideas?
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Author: ctt489
Date: 2003-04-25 17:15
It could be his wife who is an excellent player as well as teacher!
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Author: larryb
Date: 2003-04-25 19:04
"Drucker 84" is a common graffiti tag that one sees all over New York City these days - looks like he got to your part too. Not sure what it means.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-04-25 21:22
Stanley Drucker has a (deservedly) high opinion of himself, and plays second to nobody. Would you, in his position? When he came into the New York Philharmonic as assistant principal/Eb player, Robert McGinnis was the principal. McGinnis was a great player, who preceded Bonade as principal in Philadelphia and had a lifetime of experience. I've been told that Drucker so intimidated McGinnis that he quit before he was ready to, and went to teach at Indiana. Stories differ about how aggressive Drucker was about it.
As ctt489 says, Naomi Drucker is an excellent player, and she and Stanley often play together, so it's entirely possible that she played the 2nd part in the Berio. They've made a couple of records together, on which you can clearly hear the difference between a merely excellent player and a superstar.
A fair number of musicians sign rental parts. It's an ego thing.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Jennifer
Date: 2003-04-25 23:23
My old teacher was a student of Russianoff at the same time as Drucker. He told me once that McGinnis was having trouble with a difficult passage on stage during a rehearsal. When the orchestra stopped, Drucker ripped it from offstage so everyone could hear. Pretty obnoxious, but he was only 18 at the time, so that can be expected. I'm not sure if the story is true, but it's consistent with the Drucker legend.
And there's no way Drucker signed a second clarinet part. I've seen rentals before where a bunch of people sign the parts, but the big shots don't bother with that practice - it's mostly youth and community orchestra players who do that kind of stuff.
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Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2003-04-26 03:28
FYI
Stanley Drucker does sign his parts at the Philharmonic. I've sat next to him numerous times, and after playing a particularly difficult piece, he'll sign the last page at the bottom with DRUCKER. He seems to get a kick out of doing it, maybe it's the little kid in him, or his ample ego. Stanley is a great player, and when I get a part he has signed, I feel that closeness players of the same instrument have, and try a little harder to be my best.
JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist
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Author: CPW
Date: 2003-04-26 14:01
Orch. librarians sometimes label the front of a part with the name of the player. I once played from a part (hand written on staff paper by the arranger) that was labelled for a famous principal......the part next to me labelled for the infamous assoc. princiiipal, both in the same handwriting (that of the librarian).
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