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I often Terry Kirkman Answers . 18 get drawn into the process of trying to give The second interview in a series on jazz and pop recorder players a three-dimensional feel to the two- by Frances Feldon dimensional pieces, appearing in AR, about people related to the recorder. Tui St. George Tucker (1924-2004) . 22 This is true whether the subject is real- 5 Friends remember the composer, conductor and recorder player ly most sincerely dead (borrowing from The Wizard of Oz), as in the March 2004 Happy 500th Birthday, Thomas Tallis . 26 piece David Lasocki wrote on Renaissance The twelfth in a series of articles by composers and arrangers recorder players. It’s equally true if the discussing how they write and arrange music for recorder, person is vibrantly alive, as in Frances Fel- by Stan McDaniel don’s interviews (page 18) with jazz/pop recorder players . When I read through the first draft, I want to know and see more. 18 DEPARTMENTS This was the case with the article on Advertiser Index . 48 Tui St. George Tucker (page 22). Her death went almost unnoticed in the Chapters & Consorts . 34 recorder world. Pete Rose (page 16) called Classified . 48 up one day; he thought we should try to Compact Disc Reviews . 32 print something in AR about her life and accomplishments. He gathered several Music Reviews. 44 tributes—but, reading those, I knew there 38 On the Cutting Edge. 36 was so much more. There was no concrete information about her youth, as she left Opening Measures . 30 only distant relatives (and those apparent- President’s Message . 3 ON THE COVER: ly live outside the U.S.). Q&A . 29 After a Recorder Music Center (page Musical Odyssey by Tidings . 4 41) committee meeting, I stayed to see Ethan Gettman what I could find about Tui there. RMC <www.pantagrool.com> ARS Festival & Conference; A Great (Wall) Performance; director Mark Davenport remembers her © 2005 The Recorder at the 2005 Boston Early Music Festival from his youth, but only vaguely. He thought there might be something about her in the Erich Katz Collection. I skimmed through dozens of interest- GAIL NICKLESS, Editor ing letters. In a folder of correspondence Contributing Editors from the 1950s, Mario Duschene wrote to FRANCES BLAKER, Beginners; JOHN H. BURKHALTER III, Book Reviews Katz to ask whether Duschene might play THOMAS CIRTIN, Compact Disc Reviews; JODY L. MILLER, Education a concert in New York City. There is a short CONSTANCE M. PRIMUS, Music Reviews; CAROLYN PESKIN, Q & A series between the two (it seems that there TIMOTHY BROEGE, 20th-Century Performance LISA SCHMIDT, Design Consultant was no money for a concert). A number of people wrote faithfully to Erich, it ap- Advisory Board pears—so much so, that often they didn’t Martha Bixler • Valerie Horst • David Lasocki bother with a date or a surname, simply Bob Marvin • Howard Schott • Thomas Prescott • Catherine Turocy writing at the top “Friday” or “Lincoln’s Kenneth Wollitz birthday” and signing the letter “Cindy” or Copyright © 2005 American Recorder Society, Inc. “Robert.” Others wrote to Erich in Visit AR On-Line at <www.recorderonline.org> German; it would be interesting to know American Recorder (ISSN: 0003-0724), 1129 Ruth Dr., St. Louis, MO 63122-1019, is published bimonthly (January, March, May, September, and November) for its members by the American Recorder Society, Inc. $20 of the annual $40 U.S. membership dues in the American Recorder Society is for a subscription to American Recorder. Articles, reviews and letters to the editor reflect the viewpoint of their individual authors. Their appearance in this magazine what their letters say. does not imply official endorsement by the ARS. Submission of articles and photographs is welcomed. Articles may be typed or submitted on PC discs (Word for Windows 95, or RTF preferred), or as an attachment to or text in an e-mail message. They should be for the exclusive consideration of AR, unless otherwise It’s nice to have a repository of sources noted. Photos may be sent as color or black-and-white prints, or 300dpi TIF files. Advertisements may be sent in PDF or EPS format, with fonts embedded. Editorial office: Gail Nickless, Editor, American Recorder, 7770 South High St., Centennial, CO 80122; 303-794-0114 (phone & fax); about these early recorder players, for <[email protected]>. Deadlines for editorial material: November 15 (January), January 15 (March), March 15 (May), July 15 (September), and September 15 (November). Books for review: Editorial office. Music for review: Constance M. 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