Okay, who was at the Hartford, Connecticut horn workshop in the late 1970's? Wendell Hoss was. William Valkenier was. So was I, but mainly, Alan Civil was.
I'm looking for a piece of music that Alan wrote on his way over from The Land Of Fog. He photocopied it and handed it out at the Connecticut workshop, though, come to think, it may POSSIBLY have been at the East Lansing, Michigan workshop. Anyway, it was a catchy little etude, in D (our "A", of course), all eighth notes (very few rests), that wandered back and forth between 6/8 and 4/8, and ended with a chromatic shuffle up to G-natural above the staff, an eighth rest, then a quick little "G#-A" to top it off. Alan said the etude was meant to be played in one breath, and he demonstrated. I later learned to do it in one big blow, but can't now because I don't have the music. If I could remember the whole bloomin' thing, I'd just transcribe it, but I only remember the first and last few bars. If it would help in my quest to find this piece, I can still hum the first few bars of it, so just give me a call here in South Carolina and I'll sing it to you. I quit playing 20 years ago this past February, and have decided to start back. I'd really, REALLY like to have this "old friend" back after all these years as I have NO idea where my original (signed by Alan!) copy is. No need to worry about copyright violations; the piece was written to be free-as-an-ornithological creature. Surely someone out there kept this little gem of a piece? jrc _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
