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Composer / Pianist Robert Muczynski
A Conversation with Bruce Duffie
In mid-December of , Robert Muczynski was back in Chicago to visit his sister. It was at her home that we met for our interview.
As we were setting up to begin the conversation, I was looking over the stack of LPs he had brought for me to use on the air . . . . .
Robert Muczynski: This record was the first encounter for me with the Laurel Record Company. It was performed by the Western Arts Trio. They commissioned piano trios of these three composers. Malcolm Williamson is Master of the Queen&#;s Music in London, now. [See my Interview with Malcolm Williamson.] David Baker is at the University of Michigan and he&#;s sort of a jazz-classical composer, and mine is the Second Piano Trio. I have just finished a Third Piano Trio, which they&#;re going to be premiering in January. Herschel [the producer, Herschel Burke Gilbert] got the notion that he would like me to record just about all of my solo piano music for his label, and invited me to do so some years later. I did Volume One
Bruce Duffie: [Looking at the record and reading the title]
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Woodwind Instrumentation Codes
Following many of the titles in our Wind Ensemble catalog, you will see a set of numbers enclosed in square brackets, as in this example:
| Description | Price |
|---|---|
| Rimsky-Korsakov Quintet in Bb [ w/piano] Item: | $ |
The bracketed numbers tell you the precise instrumentation of the ensemble. The first number stands for Flute, the second for Oboe, the third for Clarinet, the fourth for Bassoon, and the fifth (separated from the woodwinds by a dash) is for Horn. Any additional instruments (Piano in this example) are indicated by "w/" (meaning "with") or by using a plus sign.
This woodwind quartet is for 1 Flute, no Oboe, 1 Clarinet, 1 Bassoon, 1 Horn and Piano.
Sometimes there are instruments in the ensemble other than those shown above. These are linked to their respective principal instruments with either a "d" if the same player doubles the instrument, or a "+" if an extra player is required. Whenever this occurs, we will separate the first four digits with commas for clarity. Thus a double reed quartet of 2 oboes, english horn and bassoon will look like this:
Note the "2+1" portion mean
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Robert Muczynski ( )
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