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AIIEHICAN Newslette·r
( Compiled and edited by Bernard· Krainis, 392 Eas'G 170 Street~ Bronx 56, New York November 1, 1950'
No, 4 Special Announcement
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Recordel' players have long lmovm how limited the amount of music published for ensemble is, Recently the nR~ber of EUl'opean editions for ensemble has increased in this country, but most playe,~s will agree that their needs are still far from being met. The American Recorder Society is ther?fore happy to announce a new service to recorder · playe:;.'s. Through an arrangement .with the publtshe:rs Clark and Wrq, there will be issued every one or two months music for recorder ense:11ble., It will appear in handsome inex:pons·ive editions (approximately sixty cents a copy) and will be c£,1led the 11 American rteco:rdel' society Edition• 11 ARS members r::&y receive copies for about thirty pe:;.' cent less than the l'etail cost. The first two editions in this series are already on the presses· and should be ready fol' distribution at the. next meeting, Tuesday .• 1J'ove1aber 2l. They are: Five Pieces by Salamone Ros_si, ~lrrangad for three recorders, and Pour Dances by 1.1elchior Franck, New Officers and Other Business At a brief business meetinc; of the American RecorO.er Society on J·une 15, 1950, members elected the following officers for 1950-51: '";:>
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• Dr. Erich Katz
Assista.nt Musical Directo:cs • • • Miss Gertrud Bamberger Mr. LaNoue Davenport Mr, Bernard Kl"a5.nis Miss'Betty Krohn Miss E-leonore S.covill
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Public Relations • , • , ·• ·, .• · '• 1f.r. Harlan McFadden
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A 1/iembership Co:mrnittee, consistin[~ of Miss Druseilla Evans, MisH Lily Goldberg, ancl Mr. Milton Riback, will interest prospective members in the Society and introdu.ce members to one· another, For the first. ·~ime in its history the ARS did not discontinue 'ii;s activities d1..1.r.Lng the summ.ero IJarge groups enjoyed the monthly r:;eetings in July and August. r/Iore ambitious plans for next sur.u~er ·are already beLng discussedo
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American Recorder Society Newsletter, November 1 1 1950
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A Guide to_ Some Re.::ently l'ublished Recorder Music ...h.. tta igTJ.Rnt,
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Pariser Tansbuoh (Parisian Dance Book) • SAf'B, Schott 3'T58/9. 2 v., $1.25 each.
Aus ~,eop.old I.\o;:;art' s Noter.buch (From Leopold Mozart's Notebook), Kaestner, editor. -SA. Sc:(lot·t; 2744. 40~. · .· · Baston~
John, Concerto No, 2 (1730), For soprano and keyboard inr.'c:c>\tm.ent, t;rr, Bergman.- Schott 5'156, 70/-. (String parts available) :·
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Der Snielm.an Aus Flandern, Old instrumental settings from Flanders. -Degen-Sche\J1r.a,n:1, editors. Recorders, strings, and guitar, Schott 2653, ~1. 50. Finger, Godfrey (c, 1660-1723), Sonata in F, Bovle, in G• .Hunt, editor, ., editor. Sonata 60y. each.
Sonata in D minor, ·Boosey and Ha;vkes.
Altho'J.gh published for flute and keyboard, these. sonatas are so well suited in range, key, and style to the alto recorder that they pight v1ell have been VJJ."itten with this instrument in mind,
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Froliche l::usik (Nusique de Joye), Dance pieces printed by Jaques Model"ne, Lyon, sixteenth cecorders and is oth~X'Vlise extrGJr.ely suitable for these instru."llents. New Reco:c>ding_ · Telel;Jann, Trio Son2.tas and. Duette, For violin, recorder(s) (flauto dolc'E))-;-and harpsichol'd, Arthur Loeb and Jerrold Meinwald, recorders. He len Willie.ms, violin. Diana Kirl~bridge, harpsichord, Renaissance, 12 x 12. Mis ce llane ous Annou.,"lcemcnts ·· St:c~eet, New York 17, New York, expects a shipment of Dolraetsch sopranino recorders soon.
G-. Schirmer, Inc,, 3 East 43
Herviga recorders (German fingering) are now available at Universal Musical Instr1.4"1lent Co,, 54 East 9th Street, New Yol'k 3, •
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Vlurlitzerr s, 120 West 42nd Street, announces that they al'e the ·exclusive representatives in Nev1 York City for Adler recorders (Gerr.~n fingering). Mrs. Gloria Goldfarb .of Bennine;ton, Verr.1ont, is attending Benning. ton College Ylith the recorder as her major· instru."llent. Spardell' s, 800 8th Avenue, New Yol'lc City, does an excellent job repairing split recordel'S. We recently examined a Koch head jci.nt in which tho cracks were sealed nith glue and the entire section secured with two nickel silver ring clar.1ps. The charge was. ~~5.00. Por Sale:
Dushkin Tenor, ~)15; Dol!l;otsch plastic Alto, ()10, Miss Eleonore Scovill, 5 Cornelia ..St:r:eet, New York C:.ty.
J,e.ft behind at meeting of ·october 10: desk stand. Being held by Miss Eleonore Scovill, 5 Cornelia Street, New York City. Used recorders, all sizes. Miss Jane Bauer, KimberlY School, 201 Valley Road, lYiontclair, Nev1 Jersey. • Recent Concert
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SE,veral members of the ARS, under the dil'ection of Miss Gertrud Hambel't;er, played folk r.ms1c on the Folksong Festival program over Station HNYC, Su.,'1day, Octobe:~ 29, at 6 p.m. The program inolli.dod 1'VIil.J.o-.·r, \'iiJ.J_o,:;"; ttsGllenger t s Roundrt; ''In Dulce Jubilo. 11 The p-.;; ::fcn~~·!'iGl'S were: Chal.. lot te Da vtd, Rosalie. Ha1.. vey 1 Lillian Palline:L." P r:.;:-ld Fred Sinc;er o
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Forthcoming Concerts
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:•;IGdex'n Hu~ic for Young People. Musician's Workshop progl'am 'Go be pre.S-c:nted-onSbation VTNYC,-Sunday, November 19, a'G 5. P.M. will fea'Gure the first pel'forraance of Erich Katz's Toy Concerto for three recorders, 'Goy piano, and percussion, Patricfa-and LaNoue Davenport, Erich Katz, and Bernard K1•ainis will play '.:;h.;:: recol"~de~ parts" Christmas Mus:Lc. Musician's Workshop program on Station WNYC, Sund::..y, December 10, at 11:30 A.M. will include music for' ·voices and recorder by Agricola, Praetorius, If:arenzio, and Bach, Patricia and LaNoue Davenpor·t and Bernard Kl•ainis will play, and La])Tcue Davenport will also direct,
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