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Author: ruben
Date: 2024-05-03 12:28
The French player, Daniel Bonade, was a major influence in the US for a generation of players. I would compare him to the oboist Marcel Tabuteau, though he wasn't quite as influential as the latter. Both of these players went back to France at the end of their lives, where they had been completely forgotten. Did any of you out there study with Bonade? What was he like and what was it like studying with him?
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Author: David Eichler
Date: 2024-05-03 13:19
ruben wrote:
> The French player, Daniel Bonade, was a major influence in the
> US for a generation of players. I would compare him to the
> oboist Marcel Tabuteau, though he wasn't quite as influential
> as the latter. Both of these players went back to France at
> the end of their lives, where they had been completely
> forgotten. Did any of you out there study with Bonade? What
> was he like and what was it like studying with him?
>
Eddie Daniels studied with Bonade.
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Author: ruben
Date: 2024-05-03 19:07
Davuid: Yes, Eddie Daniels did study with him, but didn't seem to think all that highly of him. European Classical players were "jazzophobic" in those days. Marcel Mule was not impressed by Charlie Parker's playing, for instance.
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Author: A Brady
Date: 2024-05-03 22:45
I am a “Grandstudent”, as my teacher in high school, Eugene F. Gonzalez, had studied with him. Dr Gonzalez was the clarinet professor at the University of West Florida, and he was one of my biggest inspirations, musically and personally.
Many people could tell a similar story, as Mr Bonade’s influence runs deep.
AB
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Author: ruben
Date: 2024-05-04 09:59
Somebody wrote a doctor's thesis on him, I seem to recall.
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Author: ruben
Date: 2024-05-04 22:35
Thank you Mark!
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Author: Slowoldman
Date: 2024-05-05 00:08
Roger McKinney, who taught at Trenton State College/College of NJ is still very much around. He loves to tell stories about "Mr. Bonade", as he always refers to him. He also recently showed me letters that he received from Bonade after the latter returned to France.
Amateur musician, retired physician
Delaware Valley Wind Symphony, clarinet 1
Bucks County Symphony Orchestra, clarinet 2 (sub)
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Author: ruben
Date: 2024-05-06 22:58
I don't believe there exist any! -only a recording of orchestral excerpts.
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Author: donald
Date: 2024-05-07 08:42
"The legacy of Daniel Bonade" (edited/compiled by Larry Guy)
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Author: donald
Date: 2024-05-16 13:45
So, there are still Bonade students alive and kicking (more than a couple are my facebook friends) but not many still actively teaching.
Dr Thompson wrote her thesis on his teaching (I recall once getting a ride with her and Mr Gigliotti while they made plans for her to interview him about Bonade... I'm pretty sure Richard MacDowall was driving).
There's also "Daniel Bonade: a founder of the American style of clarinet playing" by Carol Anne Kycia. We somehow ended up with 2 copies (one is "withdrawn" from the Ak Uni library), so if anyone want to swap it for a box of reeds....
dn
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2025-07-24 03:24
Donald, did you ever give away that spare copy of Anne’s book on Bonade. If not could I take it off your hands?
Peter Cigleris
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Author: Mike Cyzewski
Date: 2025-08-01 22:09
Michael Faulhaber studied with Bonade in France as a Fullbright scholar in the 1960s. He subsequently played Eflat clarinet in the Army Band(Pershing's Own).
Last I heard he is a former owner of Ward Brodt -Music Mall in Wisconsin
He claimed that Bonade's excerpt book is riddled with mistakes because he wrote it from memory since he was largely blind at that time.
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Author: ruben
Date: 2025-08-02 17:32
Bonade had his fans, but also a few detractors. Who doesn't?
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Author: kdk
Date: 2025-08-02 18:27
Mike Cyzewski wrote:
> Michael Faulhaber studied with Bonade in France as a Fullbright
> scholar in the 1960s.
> He claimed that Bonade's excerpt book is riddled with mistakes
> because he wrote it from memory since he was largely blind at
> that time.
We all used those books (including the McGinnis and Drucker excerpt books published by International Music Co.) knowing they were full of errors. But I still have my copy of the Bonade excerpts (you probably still have yours, too) and it has a 1947 copyright - a little earlier that Faulhaber apparently studied with him. I'd never heard that Bonade had lost his sight - I wonder when that happened.
A more likely explanation for the errors might be that Bonade may not have had access to the original parts for everything in the book. OMCDRL and IMSLP make seeing the full published parts simple today, but in the 1940s, maybe it wasn't so easy.
Karl
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