[Hornlist] NHR
Happy Holidays everyone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8 Come check me out on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/ericegle - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] NHR
-Original Message- From: Eric Egle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy Holidays everyone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8 Fantastic, Eric - thanks for that one. -S- ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Julius Watkins - was: anyone ever heard this?
As does every few months or so, the topic of Julius Watkins has surfaced on the list. Someone (actually my junior HS band teacher from back in 1962) recently brought the dissertation JULIUS WATKINS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE JAZZ FRENCH HORN GENRE http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0012940/smith_p.pdf to my attention. He sent me the link since the paper contains an extensive interview with yours truly reminiscing about JW. Unfortunately, this was my first glimpse of the interview transcript and I was alternately somewhat bemused and appalled at the amount of misquotation and invention that had found its way into the text and my biographical information (I am not now nor have I ever been the journalist it claims I am. If I were, I'm sure I'd have learned to write better by now). The entire work is riddled with unwarranted suppositions and speculations, typos, factual inaccuracies, wrong name spellings and a generally poor style of writing. The author also, in my opinion, fails to grasp the nature of what made his playing and the recordings he made so mind boggling and significant., though others may draw different conclusions. Having said all of that, I strongly urge all who are interested in the man to read it; it does significantly add to the knowledge bank (even if you subtract all the bad information contained) on Julius. I respect all the time and effort that went into it and am glad to say I read every word; it just is a bit discouraging to think some readers will take it all as gospel truth and it is shocking, to me, to think that one can obtain a doctorate without the written portion of one's studies showing that the basics of scholarly research and writing have been attended to. I understand why many hornplayers feel compelled to obtain advanced degrees so that they can have ghost of a chance of landing a teaching job in a world where supporting oneself and dependents exclusively by playing is next to impossible (and only those who can are able to land teaching jobs without the D. Mus. or Ph. D.), but it is depressing to see results such as these. I don't mean this as an attack on the author nearly as much as an indictment of any system that accepts and supports such low standards. As I said, on balance, you really ought to take the time to check it out. Peace on earth, Peter Hirsch ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] RE: American Horn Sound
Someone wondered with this discussion of the different types of the American sound What school would you say is the true sound that represents that American Horn Sound? *** I would vote for the school of Kendall Betts, the Roger Clemens of the horn, though KB achieved his hall-of-fame results without getting injected in the butt with steroids. I still remember the sound he got throwing his horn across the hall at the IHS Workshop in Eugene, OR. To me, that represents the very apex of the American horn sound, though not, of course, the apex of the instrument's trajectory. *** *** Then Paul M wrote This is a big country and we have several great sounds. (Whatever floats your boat!) * Hey Paul, my favorite is the Long Island Sound. gotta go, Cabbage ** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] RE: American Horn Sound
And don't forget the Puget Sound to which a Finke horn contributes. Loren Mayhew, Owner Computer Intelligence LLC, dba CI Music [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mayhews.us/CI/Finke 001 (520) 289-0700 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:42 AM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] RE: American Horn Sound Someone wondered with this discussion of the different types of the American sound What school would you say is the true sound that represents that American Horn Sound? *** I would vote for the school of Kendall Betts, the Roger Clemens of the horn, though KB achieved his hall-of-fame results without getting injected in the butt with steroids. I still remember the sound he got throwing his horn across the hall at the IHS Workshop in Eugene, OR. To me, that represents the very apex of the American horn sound, though not, of course, the apex of the instrument's trajectory. *** *** Then Paul M wrote This is a big country and we have several great sounds. (Whatever floats your boat!) * Hey Paul, my favorite is the Long Island Sound. gotta go, Cabbage ** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/loren%40mayhews.us ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Mozart Quintet
Howard, The bassoonist was a colleague of mine when I was principal horn in the Israel Sinfonietta. He was principal bassoon. My best guess is that the YouTube link is of a performance at the 2005 Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival. The personnel listed matches those in the performance on the September 10th 11 AM concert listing. http://www.jcmf.org.il/EN/program-old.asp Happy Holidays! John Schreckengost Chicago, IL ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
