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Author: Old Geezer
Date: 2006-04-29 04:20
This may be old hat, but Emma Johnson has
kind of a neat video on her web site.
If anyone hasn't seen it, you might have a look
at:
http://www.zadok.demon.co.uk/
Clarinet Redux
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2006-04-29 11:18
That was charming! I hadn't watched it before.
Christopher Nichols
1st Infantry Division Band
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Author: Old Geezer
Date: 2006-04-29 15:37
I have heard Robert Springs version.
It's certainly fun...but?
They love him at clinics and conventions,
etc. They say he puts on a great show!
Triple tongue and circular breathing seem
outside the pale to me...but what do I know.
No matter, he's first class!
I been outside things musical for many years.
They didn't have such a thing in my time, but
I love seeing people with DMAs; it's good
for performers to have significant academic
recognizon.
I've got his CDs I can't resist a good clarinet!
Clarinet Redux
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-04-29 15:45
Pretty woman, hold still, you're making me dizzy! Or is it Rimsky's music?
Bob Phillips
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2006-04-29 17:08
I have five of Robert Spring CDs including the Dragon Tongue one, since he was here and sold them very cheap (plus a discount if you get all five). It's a cool CD which you don't really listen to a lot of times but fun for a while and worth checking out. He performed and played some awsome stuff which is not on any of his CDs yet. The piece which I liked the most (and think is much better than pretty much anything he has on CD so far) he said was recorded and should be released in the next year or so.
A funny story he told us, is why he called the CD Dragon Tongue. He said it's because at that time Americans would buy anything with the word Dragon 
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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2006-04-29 21:11
To my ear nothing beats Wynton Marsalis and the eastman wind ensemble. It's just breathtaking...
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Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>
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Author: Phurster
Date: 2006-04-30 03:52
I didn't use to be an Emma Johnson fan but I certainly enjoyed that video clip. Anyone who can play that piece should be applauded.
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Author: tracymiller
Date: 2006-04-30 04:22
Does anyone know where to get this music transcribed for Clarinet and Piano? I looked everywhere, and didn't find it. But they do have this for Violin, Flute and Saxophone. Where could I possibly get this for both the clarinet and piano parts.
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Author: JessKateDD
Date: 2006-04-30 14:35
Daniel Bonade arranged it for clarinet and piano. I doubt it is still in print. I play the Heifetz version for violin and piano and transpose. Both Bonade's version and Heifetz's are in A.
Emma Johnson plays it in G. It's easier to finger this way, but the piece loses some of its sparkle, at least to my ears. I think Robert Spring also played it in G, but I have not listened to Dragon's Tongue since a friend played it for me several years ago, so I'm not sure.
(note - By A and G, I'm talking about concert pitches)
I also wholeheartedly agree with the excellence of Wynton Marsalis and Eastman. Look for some recordings of Timofei Dokshitser while you're at it. The Russian vibrato might be a turn-off, but hearing a trumpet player knock out not only Flight of the Bumblebee, but also Hora Staccato, Ziegunerweisen, and Rhapsody in Blue (including the clarinet gliss), is pretty amazing.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-04-30 15:46
Flight of the Bumble Bee is one of the pieces in "Clarinet Solos" published by Amsco Music Company. Its an old compilation and may be out of print, but its not hard to find.
Bob Phillips
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Author: TheGreatMingus
Date: 2006-04-30 17:08
The same one in G can be found in a collection of trumpet solos called "Carnival". I think it includes a CD with all performances by Wynton Marsalis.
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2006-04-30 19:44
The same transcription that she plays on the Encores CD (the same as the video I think except with piano instead of orchestra) can be found by clicking on the publications link. Just use the aforementioned link to the video. There are a number of arrangements available besides this one. Bonade's version is available in the celebrated 16 Grand Solos de Concert for clarinet and piano published by Southern Music Company and there is also a transcription by Gerardo Iasilli published by Carl Fischer. There is also the aforementioned Amsco Music Company version, but that one is much less difficult (and exciting) than the other three versions I mentioned. It avoids using the altissimo entirely.
Christopher Nichols
1st Infantry Division Band
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Author: Ryan25
Date: 2006-04-30 22:21
I have flight of the bumble bee published by international with a piano part.
It's edited by Jerry Kirkbride. On the cover is the catalog No. 1896. I got it a couple of months ago and believe it is still published.
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