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RE: Goodman/Copland

Author: Ken
Date: 2002-11-16 20:03

I have an LP of Janet Hilton doing the Copland and she plays C-flats. I haven't read the suggested articles but heard tales on the dummying-down of parts. Goodman did have his whimsical side and given to on the spot composing/arranging in the studio�the substitution could�ve been as much purely impulse as pre-determined. As for the C-natural versus Cb, Copland incorporated jazz idioms into many of his melodies, even borrowing elements from other works. A conceivable source of the �correct� pitch (if there is one) could lie in a previous work. My piano reduction also reflects a written C-flat and in the key signature and I don't believe it to be a typo. Personally, I haven�t performed the Copland for over 15 years but interestingly after pulling it out, my working copy has C-naturals penciled in both measures...other than being told to change the note by one of my teachers I haven't a clue why. Mox-nix, either pitch fits tonally.

I�ve run across other Benny-isms in some of his recorded solos; specifically, in the CBS 1955 Gould Derivations recording. On this occasion I caught four note changes. Like the Copland, all of them curiously were a half step up or down from the ink and in the key signature. There was also a "seven" measure obligato deletion in the 2nd Mvt. that leaves me stupefied to this day. v/r KEN

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