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Author: S. Friedland
Date: 2008-07-19 14:46
Just thinking about David Glazer, looked his name up and found that he passed away last week. Brother of Frank, (perhaps a more well-known pianist), David was the clarinetist with the New York Woodwind Quintet at its prime and made many recordings and appearances with them. (Sam Baron, Flute, Ronald Rosenman Oboe, Arthur Weisberg, Bassoon, and John Barrows Horn.) It was at the time, simply the best ensemble of its kind. His was an amzing ability to blend with the ensemble and whether it was the Hindemith or the Schoenberg, he was always perfect . David also concertized with many orchestras mostly in Europe. In the early 60's he was in residence along with the Fine Arts Quartet at the University of Wisonsin, (Milwaukee). I went to see and meet him one afternoon. He played a Chedeville mouthpiece with a metal inlay and we im ediately tried each others mouthpiece. At the time, I was playing a Selmer S, a very bright mouthpiece and I thought his sound to be quite thick . Within about 5 minutes, he was sounding like David Glazer on my mouthpiece and I like my bright self, on his.Perhaps that is the truth of the "sound being very much in your head". He had retired in 1985, and is survived by his brothers.
Sherman Friedland
Post Edited (2008-07-19 16:23)
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Author: bill28099
Date: 2008-07-19 14:57
Sorry to hear this. My favorite version of the Karl Stamitz Bb concerto is a very old vinyl done by Mr. Glazer. I love his sound on this recording plus his unrushed musical interpretation of the piece.
A great teacher gives you answers to questions
you don't even know you should ask.
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Author: Bill
Date: 2008-07-19 16:27
I have so many of his LPs. Sad to hear.
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
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Author: William
Date: 2008-07-20 20:56
I heard the NYWQ play a recital in Music Hall at the UW-Madison shortly after John Barrows retired there to teach horn. David Glazer's playing within the ensemble was sublime--just a perfect blend and seamless technique. He made everything seem so easy. In fact, I have never heard a woodwind quintet since play so tightly as an ensemble. During tutti passages, individual instruments were not necessarily heard, the blend was so incredable. And David, although not specifically audible, was always the core of the ensemble sound. For example, when you hear the Dorian WWQ, you alway hear five instruments playing together. The old New York Woodwind Quintet sounded like "one" instrument.
BTW--John Barrows was the reason I picked horn as my secondary instrument and actually took a year of private lessons from him. To bad, David G did not also retire to the UW--what a treat lessons from him would have been!! David Glazer, one of the best.
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Author: S. Friedland
Date: 2008-07-21 20:14
Well Mr. Kantor, when I read in the Times that David had died, I treated it with the respect that one gives a passing clarinetist and a friend , however so brief. So, I was saddened as if it were just last week, for it was my first news. I'm stll thnking of him as I am sure the other posters are as well.
Sherman Friedland
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Author: graham
Date: 2008-07-22 07:02
Thanks GBK. My first thought was "I thought he was dead already". It is reassuring to know I am not imagining fatalities after all!
One point, however, re Glazer: for us British players, Glazer was far the most readily available clarinettist on record in the 1970s because Turnabout ditributed in the UK and the records were cheap. This is how I first heard Weber, Stamitz, Brahms Sonatas. It was the main opportunity to hear clarinet playing other than the old British School and its very broad sound. To me it helped put the instrument in context.
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2021-06-28 01:19
I didn't know him, but a fellow Queens College Orchestra member from the '70s studied with Glazer and was impressed with his teaching. My friend from 45 years ago Richard Goldsmith continues to be a renowned soloist and teacher in the NYC area.
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2021-06-28 01:20
I didn't know him, but a fellow Queens College Orchestra member from the '70s studied with Glazer and was impressed with his teaching. My friend from 45 years ago Richard Goldsmith continues to be a renowned soloist and teacher in the NYC area.
The Most Advanced Clarinet Book--
tomheimer.ampbk.com/ Sheet Music Plus item A0.1001315, Musicnotes product no. MB0000649.
Boreal Ballad for unaccompanied clarinet-Sheet Music Plus item A0.1001314.
Musicnotes product no. MNO287475
Post Edited (2021-06-28 01:21)
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