[PW] (PW) Ebony slang for clarinet?

[Barbara & George Grenier]

That one seems to be copyrighted in 1992

Barbara



At 03:26 PM 7/11/07, you wrote:
>Could it be Jerry Owens' Licorice Brittle  ?
>
>From: Barbara & George Grenier <grenier at earthlink.net>
>To: list at project-wombat.org
>Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:24:03 PM
>Subject: [PW] Ebony slang for Clarinet
>
>
>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.
>
>
>
>Dayle Irwin
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