MUSIC - BOOKS OF INTEREST, ETC.
CORRECTION NOTED: In mentioning the publisher of Stanley Weiner's
music including bassoon (TTWB Vol. III, No. 2), I used the name given me, "MCA."
However, it should be "MCA Music Inc." (MCA at the same address is
Decca for the US and is not connected in any way with the music publishers).
BAROCUCKOO BASSOON PUBLISHING CO. Write to Steve Young, 18 "C"
Street, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178, for free catalogue of special arrangements
of music for 3 to 4 bassoons: 26 different arrangements featuring music from
Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Modern (Beatles and others' tunes &
Christmas Quartets), all at very reasonable prices and they have been "performance
proven" on concerts in Boston and environs by the Buddhist Bassoon Trio or
Barocuckoo Bassoon Trio (usual membership, John Miller, David Carroll, Steve
Young or Francis Nizzari)
BUBONIC PUBLISHING COMPANY. A new "hit" for bassoon
quartets is "Last Tango in Bayreuth" by Peter Schickele of P.D.Q. Bach
fame. This and all of the Bubonic catalogue is now available to students at a 40
percent discount. (John Miller, 706 Lincoln Ave., St. Paul, Minn. 55105, U.S.A.
or David Carroll, Apt. 1504, 235 Sherbrooke Street, West, Montreal, 129, P.Q.,
Canada)
- The Bassoon In The Orchestra, by Fernando Rhigini.
- Orchestral excerpts: 840 pages bassoon -- 20 pages contra bassoon. Now
available from Allegro Woodwind Supply, 1954 Devils Backbone Rd., Cincinnati,
Ohio 45238. Price $18.00 Post Paid.
- David Lovinfosse - "Involutions" for 2 bassoons 1971 and
Quintet for Woodwinds (1971).
- New music, well thought out and worth trial, Composer's address: 1008 Main
St., Apt. 2-B Evanston, Illinois 60202.
- Pamela Layman - "Fantasy for Bassoon and Tape" (6' 30")
- a very good new work . . . modestly difficult, but quite effective . . .
the tape sounds are musical and lyrical," says Phillip Kolker of this work,
available from the composer: c/o Electronic Music Studio, Dr. J. E. Ivey,
Peabody Conservatory of Music, I Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202.
- Jean-Baptiste Bréval - (1756-1825) Symphonie Concertante in
F for Flute, Bassoon, and orchestra; solo parts and piano reduction available
from (Musica Rara, London W. 1).
- A really excellent work, but not easy.
- Geoffrey Hartley - Duo in the Classical Style (1973) for violin
(flute) and basset horn (or bassoon). Composer's address: Woodwind, Ottershaw
Park, Chertsy, Surrey, England.
- A light, relaxing piece. The composer is an accomplished bassoonist by
avocation, has recently constructed a performing basset horn of square section
bore (for ease of construction) by "gluing up material - oak floor boarding"
!
- Marvin Roth - Bassoon Duets (1973) Volume I (21 one-page duos)
(Aeolus Publishing Co., 60 Park Terrace West, New York, NY 10034. $3.75)
- Bassoonist-Composer Roth states, "These are not usual duets. They are
short, melodic, and conducive to making music.... The grade of difficulty can be
classified as Intermediate to Advanced."