Hey All Contra reed makers out there. I know there are all kinds of sources for bassoon tips with removable handles that go with a drying board. Does anyone...
chinsoft
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Oct 1, 2002 1:24 pm
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AS far as I know, there are several sources for contra mandrels. I should think that any of them would sell you just the tips, then you could fit them to a...
Arthur Grossman
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Oct 1, 2002 2:17 pm
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My longtime favorite is the old Solti/Nillson/Vienna Philharmonic. Both the contra and the Heckelphone players are excellent! One of the scariest performances...
I agree with Harry! (and Nillson ain't bad either . . .) Bruce ... Bruce Gbur, D.M.A. Assistant Professor Double Reeds and Music History Director of the...
gbur
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Oct 1, 2002 5:26 pm
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I agree with Harry! (and Nillson ain't bad either . . .) Bruce ... Bruce Gbur, D.M.A. Assistant Professor Double Reeds and Music History Director of the...
gbur
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Oct 1, 2002 5:33 pm
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... Today's San Francisco Chronicle has an article about it. See http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/10/01 /DD137605.DTL...
In a message dated 10/1/02 1:29:28 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Neat Article.. thanks very much :) ... Now I am trying to get one of the 2 dozen or so nice...
I agree with Kelly, nice article. But if Steve's got a copy of Karl-Heinz Koeper's "Contraband" he hasn't looked at the score! Nothing about theme-stealing;...
gbur
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Oct 1, 2002 8:15 pm
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Does anyone know a source for Ruth Gipps' Leviathan, published by Tickerage Press. I've searched online, but have found only passing references to Tickerage...
Hello Bill, That's a tough one...Ruth Gipps passed away a few years ago, I believe Tickerage was where she lived at one point... Here's the best information I...
Bill Please e-mail me privately at gbur@... Bruce ... Bruce Gbur, D.M.A. Assistant Professor Double Reeds and Music History Director of the Collegium...
gbur
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Oct 2, 2002 9:21 pm
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Bill Please e-mail me privately at gbur@... Bruce ... Bruce Gbur, D.M.A. Assistant Professor Double Reeds and Music History Director of the Collegium...
gbur
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Oct 2, 2002 9:21 pm
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I just read the program notes on tonight's premiere of Michael Tilson Thomas' contrabassoon concerto with Steven Braunstein. ...
In a message dated 10/2/02 5:05:40 PM Central Daylight Time, ... I Agree.. But the more we read this annoying " we talked to some compsers about it and none...
The music of Ruth Gipps, including Leviathan, is listed by June Emerson Wind Music (She probably has the most comprehensive stock of wind music in the world)...
Re contra mandrel tips: Hi Roger, and all! I don't know if anyone else uses this method of forming (in my case) bassoon reeds, but I learned it from my...
Not to beat a dead horse but I just found out then when the Atlanta Symphony records Beethoven 9 in January, the conductor has asked for the Bb to be played in...
Hello,
Most of Ruth Gipps' works for winds are available from
June Emerson Wind Music,
Windmill Farm,
Ampleforth,
Yorkshire, UK
She holds probably the...
Howdy Bob, That is very interesting, especially since I know many people who have liked the Willard Elliot(Pfeifer) shaper tip (for the bassoon) over the...
Re: contra mandrel tips and reed forming Hi Guy, You ask a good question. I don't know if it makes any difference to wrap all the way (or almost all the way)...
Friends: If you are anywhere near the San Francisco Bay Area, tonight the SF Symphony will be performing "Urban Legend" composed by Michael Tilson Thomas (and...
Betty Asher
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Oct 5, 2002 6:02 pm
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the contrabassoon group. File :...
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Oct 5, 2002 7:41 pm
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In a message dated 10/5/02 4:12:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, contrabassoon@yahoogroups.com writes: << This email message is a notification to let you know that...
I don't want to sound rude or like a Captain Obvious or any such character, but wouldn't the pencilled sharp just be redundant, or am I missing the point? ...
zmillwoo
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Oct 6, 2002 6:19 pm
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contrabassoon/files/letterB.JPG Howdy, Above is what the contrabassoon part reads...the other is pencilled in... We honestly...
Hey, Guy, I never thought of that one! Too bad, I just played Brahms 1 with NJSO last season. I do stuff like that all the time! But only with deceased ...
Wow.. as a bass player and from also the sometmes-a-condcutor standpoint, since that place is NEVER loud enough ( or the rest of the orch. isn't quiet enough)...
The premiere of Michael Tilson Thomas' Urban Legend for contrabassoon and orchestra has taken place, according to this review found in sfgate.com it was the...
I am happy the tone is positive, and even though I am not a contrabasoonist myself, i find the whole atittude of the review insulting and demeaning. " absurd...
