[PW] Ebony slang for Clarinet

[Patricia Hatch]

Hello,

Nothing definitive, but searching some ejournals in music yielded this article:

O'Loughlin, Niall. "For Ebony Sticklers"  Musical Times, 
v.117.:no.1602 (1976-08) p. 658.  The article is a review of a book 
entitled The Clarinet Teacher's Companion, by Pamela Weston.

Hope this helps,

Patty

At 03:24 PM 7/11/2007, you wrote:
>Hi all
>
>Doing the hard 150 question trivia quiz again.  Pretty sure of answer but
>looking for proof.
>
>What was the surname of the 19th-20th century composer who, during the
>1940s, composed a clarinet concerto for jazz musician Woody Herman, with
>the one-word title of the piece being derived from a jazz slang term for
>the clarinet?
>
>Had no trouble finding the Stravinsky concerto "Ebony"  Spent a lot of time
>looking for another and did not find one to fit question.
>
>Can not find that Ebony is a nickname for a clarinet.
>
>Barbara
>
>
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Patricia Hatch
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