At 9:17 PM -0400 8/23/07, David W. Fenton wrote:
I just became aware of this:
http://www.forgottenamericanmusic.com/new_fulton_band2.htm
And I think the music is quite delightful. And, despite certain
infelicities, the recordings are quite listenable, even though they
were accomplished with a single sight-reading session for each piece.
Band folks: is there lots of this kind of stuff going on? If so,
that's *fabulous*!
I wouldn't say "lots," but yes, it's a growing trend, and in almost
every case a labor of love for the folks who organize the sites.
This one was new to me. There is a Sousa Project somewhere (I may
have it bookmarked) that I don't think is completely limited to
Sousa's music (which went far beyond just the 10 best-known marches).
And I recently downloaded several pieces as PDFs from yet another
site. Having the recorded demos is fabulous, but those of us
involved in bands are more concerned with being able to get the music
so we can play them!
The problem is that this turn-of-the-century repertoire was written
for bands with one kind of instrumentation, and the pieces really
have to be totally re-edited for the instrumentation of a modern
band. That takes time. It looks as if these Fulton pieces are being
reedited slowly and being made available on the website, and you can
tell how much a labor of love it is when they are selling for only
$20 plus P&H!
John
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John R. Howell
Virginia Tech Department of Music
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A 24061-0240
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http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html
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