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Author: steve
Date: 2002-10-12 00:45
i'm looking for biographical info about mr i genussa, beyond short net blurbs...anyone have any info?
s.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-10-12 03:13
steve...Find a copy of <i>The Clarinet</i> volume 21 number 1 (Nov/Dec 1993)
There you will find an in depth interview with Iggy Gennusa.
If you have any specific Gennusa biographical questions, I (or others, please) will try to answer them...GBK
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Author: jez
Date: 2002-10-12 18:04
GBK,
I wouldn't know where to find a 9 year old publication. I too am interested to know something about Mr. Genusa (sp?) as I have a mouthpiece which bears his name that I use sometimes. I'm on it now since it seems to suit the Rico reeds I'm trying.
I bought it in a shop in Boston about 7 years ago because it was the only thing they had that was unfamiliar to me, but I know nothing about the maker. Is he still around? Playing? Making mps?
Does anyone else use his mps?
I'd be grateful for a short biog.
jez
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-10-12 18:10
jez wrote:
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> GBK,
> I wouldn't know where to find a 9 year old publication.
A large library is a good place to start ...
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Author: Marge
Date: 2002-10-13 01:10
His name is listed in the phone book (lower Eastern Shore, MD). Also on Switchboard like this:
Ignatius N Gennusa
9800 Coastal Hwy
Ocean City, MD 21842-2675
(410)524-5887
Presumably this is the correct spelling.
Didn't he teach at the Peabody? Old catalogues would have faculty info, and there might be other info in the library there.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-10-14 17:23
Ignatius Genussa -- Iggy to everyone who's known him more than 30 seconds -- is one of the great players and great personalities. He was principal in Baltimore for many years and held many other positions, including principal in Chicago when they their first famous recording of Pictures at an Exhibition under Kubelik.
He's long retired -- he's probably in his 70s -- but comes to all the workshops to show his mouthpieces, which are quite good. He carries his Chedeville mouthpiece and (probably) Moennig barrel in his shirt pocket and is anxious to try anybody's equipment.
He's a great guy to sit with and prompt for war stories. I took a lesson from him, which was wonderful.
He's famous for his huge, masculine tone. After you flatter him for awhile, he'll give you a cassette of his playing. The first side has him noodling all the well-known solos, and the second side has several concert recordings, including the Brahms Trio and the Debussy Premiere Rhapsody. The best bit is about one minute at the end, which is an aircheck of him playing the solo from Fingal's Cave. There's never been better playing than that.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-10-14 17:39
Yes, as Ken said, Iggy is a permanent fixture at practically every convention, and will talk to anyone (and anything) that is put in front of him :-)
He is another in the great lineage of Bonade students...GBK
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