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M a R C H 2 0 march 2007 Published by the American Recorder Society, Vol. XLVIII, No.3 XLVIII, Vol. American Recorder Society, by the Published Edition Moeck 2825 Celle · Germany Tel. +49-5141-8853-0 www.moeck.com MARCH Madness! Don't let the cold winter season get you down. Enjoy these wonderful contemporary pieces and warm up to the season. Bassey: Two Left Feet Other Contemporary Editions Bassey: The Land of Dreams For SATB recorders For SATB recorders $8.75 And $8.75 Catalog Number DOL0409 With Spring in Mind Catalog Number DOL0410 RCE0019 Charlton: Blues in Respect SAAT $2.95 MK00803 Shannon: Jazzy Prelude and Fugue SATB $7.00 PP00078 Joplin: Pine Apple Rag SATB $4.00 PP00113 Steele/Melrose: High Society SATB $6.50 LMP0023 Marenzio: Spring Returns AAA/TTB $5.50 LPM0541 Gibbons: Now Each Flowery Bank of May SATTB $6.00 PP00070 Byrd: This Sweet and Merry Month of May SSATTB $5.75 MK00717.8 Ziesmann: Songs of Spring SAT $8.50 MK00545.6 Bresgen: Butterfly Suite ST, G $8.75 And for Practice… Magnamusics' arrangements by Walter Bergmann in collections from sopranino to bass have a wonderful mix of hand picked selections fitting for each instrument. Each volume contains 12 to 20 pieces. $5.95 Sopranino Soprano Alto Tenor Bass MM00021 MM00022 MM00023 MM00024 MM00025 0DJQDPXVLF'LVWULEXWRUV ,QF PO BOX 338, 74 AMENIA UNION RD, SHARON, CT 06069-0338 TEL: (860) 364-5431 FAX: (860) 364-5168 Email: [email protected] Web: www.magnamusic.com EDITOR’S ______NOTE ______ ______ ______ ______ Volume XLVIII, Number 2 March 2007 n a set of essays, U.S. poet and philoso- Ipher Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that FEATURES “All history becomes subjective; in other A History of the American Recorder Society: words there is properly no history, only A Memoir . 9 biography.” by Martha Bixler A History of the ARS (page 9) must then carry within it traces of the personalities of those who participated in Transforming Winter’s Dreams into Summer’s Magic. 19 its making—and, we are warned up front, 9 The annual look at summer workshops must inevitably also become partly a memoir of its author, Martha Bixler. DEPARTMENTS That’s fair enough, as undertaking to write such a mammoth document was Advertiser Index . 40 more of a project that anyone guessed it Book Reviews . 26 could be. Nobody else could have researched the early years, from which Chapters & Consorts . 33 almost no one is still living, and then 25 Classified . 40 have interwoven her own experiences Compact Disc Reviews . 30 to form a picture of the early years of this organization. In this issue, the very first Department of Amplification . 28 years of the ARS are covered, with later Education . 25 years “to be continued” in AR. Music Reviews. 35 Photos of those who shaped the early years of the ARS are hard to find, espe- On the Cutting Edge. 32 cially from the earliest years following 33 President’s Message . 3 1939. A valuable resource was the Tidings . 4 Recorder Music Center (see story about ON THE COVER: a recent donation on page 8). Any mem- Profiles of Joel Newman and Anthony Rowland-Jones, bers who may have historical photos to Artwork recipients of awards to be given during BEMF; share from those years are invited to send by Lloyd Miller AR’s first paid editor, Elloyd Hanson, dies them to AR. Photos can be scanned and www.miller returned, or passed along to the RMC for illustration.com preservation. ©2007 Appropriately, mention is made in the History of two long-time ARS members who will receive awards at the Boston GAIL NICKLESS, Editor Early Music Festival in June: Joel Newman (profiled on page 4), the 2007 Contributing Editors FRANCES BLAKER, Beginners; JOHN H. BURKHALTER III, Book Reviews ARS Distinguished Achievement Award TOM BICKLEY, Compact Disc Reviews; JODY L. MILLER, Education winner; and Anthony Rowland-Jones CONSTANCE M. PRIMUS, Music Reviews; CAROLYN PESKIN, Q & A (page 5), 2007 Presidential Special Honor TIMOTHY BROEGE, 20th-Century Performance Award winner. Sadly, recent issues of AR LISA SCHMIDT, Design Consultant (including this one) have also included Advisory Board obituaries of long-time members who are Martha Bixler • Valerie Horst • David Lasocki no longer with us, but whose influence Bob Marvin • Thomas Prescott • Catherine Turocy come through in the History. Kenneth Wollitz With history comes tradition, and a Copyright © 2007 American Recorder Society, Inc. tradition in the March AR is the annual Visit AR On-Line at <www.recorderonline.org> look at summer workshops (page 19). 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 For many years, ARS members have subscription to American Recorder. Articles, reviews and letters to the editor reflect the viewpoint of their individual authors. 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