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The Bulletin — Larry Worster, Metro State College (Denver) American Music in the Bavarian Countryside The Bulletin — Larry Worster, Metro State College (Denver) OF THE OCIETY FOR MERICAN USIC S A M The chamber and orchestral works FOUNDED IN HONOR OF O SCAR G . T . S ONNECK of Colorado composer Cecil Effinger (1914-1990) found new life at the Vol. XXXI, No. 1 Winter 2005 Summer Academy Kloster Seeon 2004 of the Young Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (www.jmph.de). For the fourth year in a row in its eight-year DAVID KRAEHENBUEHL history, the two-week academy took AND HIS DRUMFIRE CANTATA place at the Seeon Monastery in the idyllic Chiemsee district of Upper Bavaria (www.kloster-seeon.de). For —Charles Burkhart, CUNY, Emeritus two and a half weeks, ninety-five young musicians, aged eighteen to thirty, from On the evening of May 7, in a concert in that year returned permanently to twenty countries studied chamber and by Johannes Somary’s AmorArtis Europe. At Yale Kraehenbuehl headed symphonic music, augmented by spe- Chamber Choir and Orchestra at Blessed the Theory department, in 1957 founded cialized rhythmic studies and Alexander Sacrament Church on Manhattan’s the Journal of Music Theory (still a Technique workshops. The academy west side, New Yorkers had the long major periodical in the field), enjoyed a was divided into two segments, each of overdue opportunity to hear a major large, enthusiastic following among the which culminated in a series of public concert work—Drumfire: A Cantata students, and was given tenure in 1959. concerts. Against War—by the late American He was clearly established in a brilliant The integrated summer academy composer David Kraehenbuehl. The academic career, when, to everyone’s concept came out of the orchestra’s large audience gave the powerful half- surprise and chagrin, he suddenly 1996 Colorado tour. As director Mark hour piece an enthusiastic reception, resigned in 1960. Mast explained, “the concept of build- with many wondering why they had not This radical about-face sprang from ing an orchestra in such a short time by heard more of this composer’s music. Kraehenbuehl’s very deep and life- first building the relationships between Born in 1923 in Urbana, Illinois, long conviction of the need to improve the musicians in the intimate setting of Kraehenbuehl was given every American music education at the grass- chamber music enhanced by the study opportunity for musical and intellectual roots level. In an autobiographical of TaKeTiNa® and Alexander work growth and by his teens had developed sketch written much later, he wrote: into a brilliant pianist. While in the “I realized that, fulfilling as work with Army, a chance hearing of a recording a dozen or so outstanding graduate of Paul Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler students was, much needed to be done sparked a desire to study with that for young music students,’’ meaning composer, who was then teaching at young piano students. To this end Yale. Mustered out in 1946, he applied he joined in 1960 the piano-teaching the next year to Yale, where, through enterprise of Frances Clark and Louise a stiff competitive exam, he won the Goss in Princeton, New Jersey. With single remaining place in Hindemith’s them he founded and designed The small group of hand-picked students. New School for Music Study, and as the Hindemith would later call him “the School’s Music Director, he composed most gifted student I ever had.” a large body of teaching pieces for A charismatic teacher, The Frances Clark Library for Piano Kraehenbuehl taught at Colorado Students, much of which is still in print. College in 1950-53, then returned in Contained in a long series of small 1953 to Yale as an assistant professor on booklets arranged in very carefully the recommendation of Hindemith, who continued on page 6 continued on page 9 wants to carry it. If you’d like to hear it At the present time, there has not been Our State Songs in your area, all it might take is one phone the resounding swell of public enthusiasm call to your local station! for my project, so I haven’t explored the Each program features the official idea of producing the series on a set of —Jeff Brown, KTOO-FM, Juneau, Alaska song, or a medley of the different ones I’d CDs for commercial distribution, but I do been able to find, along with incidental think about it every now and then. In the Do you know your state song? Most information, such as various state sym- meantime, I stand ready to sing the praises people don’t. In fact, most people have bols and facts, and other songs that have of our state songs and to help pass them little clue that an official song even exists been associated with the state. along through the radio airwaves! for their state. Songs in general help make My core belief is that we all have a bit For more information about the up the mythology of our culture, and state of triviality in us— reflected in seemingly series, please see our website: www.am songs, whether they be trivial or not, help unimportant things as state songs. But if ericanstatesongbook.org or e-mail me define us historically, albeit not always you think your state song is “corny,” and directly ([email protected]) accurately. I think the same about my state song, Our state song, “Alaska’s Flag”, is we may have more in common with one Jeff Brown is the Co-Program Director, Music sung across our state in nearly every Director, and Production Director at KTOO- another than we think. The more we know school and in many official and unofficial FM in Juneau, Alaska. He has been appointed about each other, the easier it will be for gatherings. I like it. In fact, I liked it so Commissioner of Mirth by the Governor of us to get along. World peace through state Alaska. For a recent NPR “Day to Day” much that I began to research other states songs—I’m sure odder things have been interview with Jeff, visit: www.npr.org/rundowns/ to find their songs with the hopes of pro- segment.php?wfId=4076934 postulated. ducing a public radio series documenting them all. That project began close to 20 years ago. I found some states had a similar feel- ing about their official songs. Some even had more than one song (Tennessee has eight!). Some had been introduced into the national musical culture (“Georgia on My Mind” and “On Wisconsin!”). But The state song of Kentucky, courtesy of some states relegated their official song the Foster Hall Collection, Center for to historical status (“Carry Me Back to American Music, University of Pittsburgh Old Virginny”), and many lay forgotten Library System. and even unrecorded (“State of Maine Song” and “The Arizona March”, to name a couple). Since I love a challenge, I began my search. I found some recordings were easily available, but for some I had to dig deep - in libraries, museums, private collections. For some states for which no recorded version could be found, I found people in those states to record it for me. The Bulletin of the Society for American Music A couple of states have no official song at the present time, but have some in the running. I collected all those. Some states The Bulletin is published in the Winter (January), Spring (May), and Fall (September) have more than one song. I have most of by the Society for American Music. Copyright 2005 by the Society for American Music, those. After my collecting, I’ve found I ISSN 0196-7967. have a more complete collection than the Editorial Board Library of Congress! I found that the per- Interim Editor. Mariana Whitmer ([email protected]) son who wrote the song for Pennsylvania had never heard a commercially available Bibliographer . Joice Waterhouse Gibson ([email protected]) recording. The person who owns the Indexer . Amy C. Beal ([email protected]) copyright to the California song had never Items for submission should be addressed to Mariana Whitmer, Society for American Music, heard it! Stephen Foster Memorial, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. All materials It took a while, but I finally collected should be submitted in printed copy, on disk, or as attachment to e-mail. Photographs or them all. The result is a radio series called other graphical materials should be accompanied by captions and desired location in the text. The American State Songbook. I’ve made Deadlines for submission of materials are 15 April, 15 August, and 15 December. it available free to any radio station that 2 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXI, No. 1 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXI, No. 1 3 April 2005 will mark the fourth annual new documentary on Milt Hinton, and a Jazz Appreciation celebration. Each year the celebration has program, through WTTW/Chicago, on the grown—last year people from 42 states NEA Jazz Masters. Month and 11 countries notified the Smithsonian The National Museum of American about JAM events in their localities. History each year distributes free posters —John Edward Hasse, Smithsonian Institution A search of Google shows that 3,600 to music educators and librarians. To websites include JAM. request the 2005 JAM poster, featuring April was chosen for two reasons. Tito Puente, please write [email protected]. In April 2004, in Duke Ellington’s First, April maximizes JAM’s educational The Museum also places full-page boyhood neighborhood on U Street in potential because it is the end of the public service announcements (PSAs) Washington, D.C., residents celebrated school year when schools can not only about JAM in approximately ten music jazz throughout the month.
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