1AD Salsa Band
by Sharon on May 11, 2010, under News
1AD Salsa Band
BAGHDAD – During a visit to Camp Liberty May 1, members of the Iraqi Army band were treated to a performance by the 1st Armored Division salsa band. Chief Warrant Officer 2 James Bettencourt, 1st AD band commander, said the salsa songs were part of an effort to enhance the repertoire of the Iraqi musicians, who had, in the past, been limited in their choice of musical styles. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jeff Hansen, 366th MPAD, USD-C)
1st AD Band Performs for Wounded Soldiers
by Sharon on May 09, 2010, under News
On this edition of the AFN Wiesbaden Update: Barbeque anyone? That’s what wounded warriors received downrange to help them adjust to being back in theater.
Drei Romanzen, Op. 94
by Sharon on Apr 22, 2010, under Clarinet
These romances were written on three separate days during December 1849 and were presented to his wife, Clara, on Christmas. (continue reading…)
Schumann, Robert
by Sharon on Apr 22, 2010, under Clarinet, Musicians
During Schumann’s lifetime, much political upheaval was experienced in his hometown of Dresden. In early 1849, fighting had begun. (continue reading…)
Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581
by Sharon on Apr 22, 2010, under Clarinet, Ensembles
Mozart was in love with the sound of the clarinet. He wasn’t able to fully express on paper his adoration for the instrument until the last few years of his life when he met and befriended Anton Stadler. A close friend of Mozart’s and fellow Freemason, Stadler was one of the great clarinetists of Mozart’s time. He was Mozart’s inspiration for this piece as well as the Clarinet Concerto (K. 622). Both this piece and the concerto were written originally for basset clarinet, an instrument whose design was mostly improvisations by Stadler himself. (continue reading…)
Abîme des oiseaux
by Sharon on Apr 22, 2010, under Clarinet
Third movement from Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps (continue reading…)
Five Bagatelles, Op. 23
by Sharon on Apr 22, 2010, under Clarinet
Gerald Finzi was an English composer known for his musical imagery. He experienced severe loss early in his life. His father passed away when he was very young; his revered music teacher was killed in France after joining the army; and his three elder brothers assed away, all before Finzi entered his twenties. It may be due to experiencing so much loss that he chose to live in isolation for a time. In the early 1920s, he had moved to Painswick in Gloucestershire to write without distraction. The countryside became his inspiration, and was the same inspiration for composers such as Elgar and Vaughan Williams. It was during this time that he began writing the Five Bagatelles. (continue reading…)
Finzi, Gerald
by Sharon on Apr 22, 2010, under Clarinet, Musicians
(b London, 14 July 1901; d Oxford, 27 Sept 1956). English composer. The son of a shipbroker, he was educated privately, and studied music with Ernest Farrar (1915-16) then, when Farrar joined the army, with Edward Bairstow at York (1917-22). (continue reading…)
Arlequin
by Sharon on Apr 22, 2010, under Clarinet
Louis Cahuzac was a composer and French clarinetist known for his full and robust tone, a quality not associated with French style playing. (continue reading…)
Luis Cahuzac
by Sharon on Apr 22, 2010, under Clarinet, Musicians
(b Quarante, 12 July 1880; d Luchon, 9 Aug 1960). French clarinettist. He studied with Cyrille Rose at the Paris Conservatoire, winning a premier prix in 1899. (continue reading…)
