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Author: D Dow
Date: 2004-04-21 14:06
Juat found a link of Local 802...here is the death notice for David Glazer.
It seems some people still think he is alive...http://www.local802afm.org/publication_entry.cfm?
May 2001
David Glazer
David Glazer, 87, one of the foremost American clarinetists of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, died on March 4. He had been an 802 member for almost 50 years.
Mr. Glazer was born in Milwaukee and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He continued his clarinet studies in Chicago and Boston, and attended the newly formed Berkshire Musical Center at Tanglewood, Mass., during the summers in the early 1940s, performing under Serge Koussevitsky.
Following service in World War II he played in the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell, and then joined the New York Woodwind Quintet, in which he played from 1951 until his retirement in 1985. He performed with numerous orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists throughout the world, including performances with his brother, pianist Frank Glazer.
He had a distinguished teaching career, serving on the faculties of Mannes College, New York University, the State University at Stony Brook and the Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance.
He is survived by his wife Mia, stepsons Peter and Paul Brest, brothers Frank, Samuel, Max and Edward, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren
David Dow
Post Edited (2004-04-21 15:31)
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Author: graham
Date: 2004-04-21 14:31
One thing that may not be much appreciated is that Glazer almost defined the nature of American clarinet playing for the UK listening public in the 1970s. This is because the label he recorded with, Turnabout, had a strong UK market (budget price), and most other UK distributed recordings were by UK players.
Because they were cheap, they also sold in some numbers. I enjoyed his records.
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2004-04-21 14:52
I took some lessons from Mr. Glazer just before he retired...he had a wonderful sound...this Obituary is about 2 years old...
David Dow
Post Edited (2004-04-21 14:52)
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Author: William
Date: 2004-04-21 14:55
Sad (old) news. I was privillaged--as a mid-westerner--to hear David Glazer play one time "live"--1963ish at the Univeristy of Wisconsin--with the New York WWQ and was most impressed with his sense of "ensemble" vs that of "solo". In the NYWWQ (with David Glazer on clarinet), there was a true blend of musical sonorities and a resultant woodwind quintet "sound" that I find lacking in many contemporary performances--namely one recent performance by the great Dorian WWQ. David Glazers playing style and sound demonstrated a profound sensitivity of true "ensemble", enabling the five individual sounds of the NYWWQ to blend together as a unified instrument of "one"--as opposed to five individual soloists playing together. Of course, each member of the original NYWWQ was a virutoso in their own right, but Davids sound helped unify them into a virtuosic ensemble. When David played clarinet, he made it sound easy.....and good.
Post Edited (2004-04-21 15:00)
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Author: bill28099
Date: 2004-04-21 15:45
I have and play nearly every day Mr. Glazer's Stamitz Concerto #3 in Bb which I put on CD from an old phonograph record (likely Turnabout). It is one of the recordings in my collection which I love playing along with or just listening to as well as being my favorite Stamitz clarinet piece, possibly my favorite clarinet concerto by any composer.
Mr. Glazer did a wonderful job on this recording and I do regret that I never heard him in person.
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2004-04-21 16:20
Some recordings of Mr. Glazer others may enjoy are:
The Brahms A Minor Quintet on EMI with Hungarian String Quartet
Schubert Octet on Vox lp
Hummell Octet on Vox
Hindemith Quintet with NT Wind Quintet
Weber Concertos on Vox lp
Brahms Sonatas(can remember the lp)
David Dow
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