[Trombone-l] Creston Fantasy

[Howard Weiner]

No, George, I never had a copy of that LP. It was probably issued after 
my time in Chicago.

All I know about the Creston Fantasy, aside from the fact that it's very 
difficult, is that it was writen in 1947 for Robert Marsteller, who 
premiered it in 1948 in Los Angeles. But that's from Wikipedia. The 
Wikipedia article on Creston refers to two fairly recent books 
containing about him. That would be the next step ...

Howard





Am 12.11.2018 um 15:01 schrieb George Butler via Trombone-l:
> Hi, Kristine!
>
> I'm guessing, that choosing to *write* about the Creston Fantasy is
> probably a smarter decision than choosing to perform it.  :-)  So, you two
> don't be too hard on yourselves, okay?  :-)
>
> Plus, if you and your friend are not finding anything written about it,
> there's an *opportunity* here for you to contribute.  :-)
>
> I once owned an LP recording of Jay Friedman and the Chicago Symphony doing
> it, but--and *THIS* is stupid--I stupidly left it behind with my other 300
> LPs when I moved from south Texas to northeastern Europe in 2006.  I am
> still kicking myself about that.  This recording was sold as a fundraiser
> for the CSO by the CSO.  I cannot remember if there was anything to the
> liner notes.  Maybe my buddy Howard Weiner, a Chicago boy now living in
> Freiburg, southwest Germany, still has his.
>
> My classmate Abbie Conant used it as her entrance exam at Juilliard in
> 1977, and later played it on one of her recitals.  Maybe she knows a little
> more than the rest of us?
>
> When I get home tonight--another eight hours here in the Helsinki time
> zone--I can take a look at my first edition of Vern Kagarice's bibliography
> of solo trombone with orchestra or band accompaniment.  It's old, but not
> as old as the Creston.
>
> Oh, another thought:  I'd guess that Clinton F. Niewig, Librarian Emeritus
> of the Philadelphia Orchestra and dean of orchestra librarians everywhere,
> might have something.  His book on bass trombone solo works with orchestral
> accompaniment appeared recently.  At one time, he was quite active in this
> Trombone-L community, freely answering our queries.
> https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10588167.2018.1484681?journalCode=wmus20
>
> --George Butler, Lasnamäe Muusikakool, Tallinn, Estonia
>
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> On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 2:48 PM Kristine Oppegaard via Trombone-l <
> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone!
>> Thank you for all the answers concerning the Lebedev concert. Now, I am
>> searching help for a friend;
>> I have a writing workshop for my master thesis, and stupidly enough I chose
>> to write about the Creston Fantasy for trombone. There seems to be no
>> information on the piece, and I was wondering if any of you know anything
>> about this, or know where I can find information?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --
>> best,
>>
>> Kristine Solli Oppegaard
>> +47 48189667
>> oppekri at gmail.com
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