Thanks, Amy! That was fast! I appreciate your help. I really didn't want to drive for an hour to find almost nothing about him.
Damare sounds like a good subject for somebody's master's thesis. The piccolo soloist has rearranged the Polka for full orchestra, and she hopes to publish it someday. It still needs a little work (there are almost no rests in the horn part), but it sounds pretty good. Thanks again! Becky --- Amy Jo McBeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music > > "The best known work of E. Damare, about whom little > is known by band > historians, is his cornet solo, Cleopatra Polka." > > A short work list is included... > > KNOWN WORKS > 1. Cleopatra Polka > a. (Bovaco, arr. J.B. Claus) [as > cornet solo] > b. (Cundy, 1887, arr. J.B. Claus) > [as cornet or piccolo solo] > 2. L'Elegante Polka, cornet or trombone solo > (Fischer, 1914, arr. M.L. > Lake) > 3. Pearl of Enghien Polka, cornet or piccolo > solo (Fischer, 1907) > 4. La Tourterelle Polka, cornet or piccolo solo > (Fischer, 1909, arr. > W. Lewis) > 5. Wren Polka, piccolo solo (Kalmus) > > Not much there, but hope that helps a little. If I > have more time later, > I'll take a deeper look. > > Amy > > At 09:04 AM 4/4/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >This is for all the librarians on the list. > > > >I write the program notes for my community > orchestra, > >and our piccolo player is performing the > >"Cleopatra-Fantasie Polka" by Eugene Damare on our > >next concert. Yes, that really is the name of the > >piece. > > > >I can't find anything about the composer, although > I > >suspect he was French and that this piece was > >originally for brass band. There's nothing in > Groves > >or the other common sources. My friendly reference > >librarian told me that there is an article about > him > >in a reference work called "Heritage Encyclopedia > of > >Band Music : Composers and Their Music." > >Unfortunately, the closest library to me that has > the > >work is over an hour away. > > > >Can any of you help me? > > > >TIA, > >Becky Cotton > >Ft. Worth, Texas > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, > forms, and more > >http://tax.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ > >post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >set your options at > >http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/amy-mcbeth%40uiowa.edu > > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/rkcotton%40yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
