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Principal Teacher Was Franz: GOODMAN, Benny (1909- ), American clarinetist and jazz leader, known as the "king of swing." Equally accomplished as a jazz performer and as a classical musician, he appeared as soloist with the Budapest String Quartet and major symphony orchestras.
Benjamin David Goodman was bom in Chicago on May 30, 1909, and learned to play the clarinet as a boy. His principal teacher was Franz Schoepp of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Among Schumann's followers, primarily remembered for their songs, were Robert Franz (1815-1892), whose style stands between Schubert's lyrical and Schumann's emotional expression, and Adolf Jensen (1837-1879).
The Neo-German School.—This was the German division of the neo-romantic movement in music which developed descriptive, interpretative, and dramatic elements. Its foremost representatives were Franz Liszt and his protege, Richard Wagner, who later became his son-in-law.
After a few days the teacher noted that Eleanor was fairly comfortable in school and was happy to talk about the games she was playing. The teacher noted: 'Eleanor enthusiastically told me the names she had given to all the plastic play people/
After about a week Eleanor began to greet the teacher when they met in the morning and she usually had some news to report. The teacher felt that this was a good sign that Eleanor was settling in well. |
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