Writing for specific instruments

>From: Neil Haverstick <stick@uswest.net>

>Personally, I've always enjoyed
>hearing more than one take on a piece of music...the music, I feel, is
>more important than the instrument. It's all in the service of the art.

I agree. I think that various instrumentations bring out different aspects
of a composition.

> As far as Debussy and guitar, I hate to be vague, but it seems I read
>once where Debussy was supposed to meet with a certain classical
>guitarist to get some insights into writing for the instrument....the
>guitarist, unfortunately, never showed up, and Debussy died shortly
>thereafter...maybe someone knows the details of this story.

Can anybody provide more information?

>I love Girl w/Flaxen Hair on guitar, and play in in the key of G.

Christopher Parkening plays it in the same key. His recording of the piece
is outstanding, and provided many ideas for my interpretation, but which I
am proud to say (and I hope you'll agree when you hear my CD) it doesn't
come close to the performance that Raissa Dorff and I did at Saint Peter's
Church.

John Link

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Watch for the CD "Live at Saint Peter's" by John Link's vocal quintet,
featuring original compositions as well as arrangements of instrumental
music by Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Claude Debussy, Bill Evans, Ennio and
Andrea Morricone, Modeste Mussorgsky, Erik Satie, and Earl Zindars.

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