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| Issue: # 35
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February/2009 |
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Dear 
Here's your JB Linear Monthly.
This month the free music download is an adaptation of "Honeysuckle" Op. 97 #5 by Amy Beach for unaccompanied flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, hunklemaz*, or saxophone. Have you practiced your unusual scales recently? +++You can download any or all of the versions. Just click on the "Freebie Download" link to the left.+++
Now you can access the freebies of the past in the JB Linear Music Archive. Click on "Freebie Archives" at the left.
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| New Music at JB Linear |
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| Introducing the flute and clarinet duet transcriptions of Joe Armstrong and Liz Leehey
Joe and Liz are Duo Cantabile, a flute and clarinet ensemble playing in the Southern New England region in the USA. Now their duet transcriptions are available through JB Linear Music!
"Duo Cantabile is a small ensemble playing big repertoire. Working first and foremost for our own artistic fulfillment, we have reached outside the regular flute/clarinet literature to create transcriptions that bring pieces of great music into a new kind of existence. We are pleased to be offering these gems in venues where they will be appreciated and enjoyed." View their website.
Here is the current list of works from Joe and Liz being distributed by JB Linear Music:
- Adagio Cantabile from Piano Trio Op 1 #1 by Beethoven
- Casta Diva by Bellini
- Una Furtiva Lagrima by Donizetti
- Quando le sere al placido by Verdi
- Siciliana ("O Lola") by Mascagni
- Mattinata by Leoncavallo
- Ebben, n'andro lontano by Catalani
- Catari! Catari! By Cardillo
- Lento from Quartet No. 6 (American) by Dvorak
- Je crois entendre encore by Bizet
- Terzettino from Cosi Fan Tutti by Mozart
You may view score samples, hear audio samples, and make a secure purchase of their pieces at JB Linear Music.
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The complete Serenade #2 by Brahms was annouced in an earlier newsletter, but now it is available for clarinet choir. Check it out!
On the web site you can see score samples and hear sound samples to help you with your buying decision. |
| Other news of JB Linear Music |
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- The 11 wind version of Brahms Serenade #2 transcribed by John Gibson will be performed by the Oregon Chamber Players in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, February 21, 2009. The concert will be held at All Saints' Episcopal Church at 7:30 PM at 4033 S.E. Woodstock Blvd.
- The Clarinet - the magazine of the International Clarinet Association had a nice review of JB Linear's book by John Gibson, Advanced Intonation Technique for Clarinets in their December 2008 issue.
- JB Linear will be exhibiting its clarinet sheet music at the Portland National Clarinet Symposium on February 4th at the University of Portland (Oregon). Other exhibitors will be Buffet, Vandoren, Selmer, Leblanc, and Backun. For more information, here is the web site.
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Next month's Freebie Download: trio versions of Grieg's Sailor's Song from 6 Lyric Pieces, Op. 68
Player's hint of the month: "...above all...to achieve a cantabile style in playing..." J.S. Bach
(from the Duo Cantabile web page)
*a hunklemaz is a mythic instrument that plays high in the bass clef and can only play naturals and flats.
Have fun playing!
Sincerely,
John Gibson
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