[Trombone-l] Creston Fantasy

[Don Lewis]

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On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 10:28 AM Howard Weiner via Trombone-l <
trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:

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> No, George, I never had a copy of that LP. It was probably issued after
> my time in Chicago.
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> 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 information about him. That would be the next step ...
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> Howard
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> 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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