CLASSICAL CLARINET LP RECORD . . . STANLEY DRUCKER, BARTOK "CONTRASTS"
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This is a rare vintage classic addition for any LP RECORD COLLECTION. It represents one of the very early recordings of Stanley Drucker on his way to become an international renown American Chamber Music and Symphony clarinet player.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanley Drucker (born February 4, 1929, Brooklyn, New York) is an American clarinetist. Of Ukrainian ancestry, he began clarinet studies at age ten with Leon Russianoff, and remained his student for five years. He attended the High School of Music & Art (now the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, at Lincoln Square). Drucker entered the Curtis Institute of Music at age 15, but left Curtis after one year, recruited to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. After a year, he worked with the Busch Little Symphony, organized by Adolf Busch. He then became principal clarinetist of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1948, Drucker won a post in the New York Philharmonic clarinet section. In 1960, he became the orchestra's principal clarinetist, where he remained for the duration of his career.
Drucker is highly regarded for his musicianship and his longevity of service with the New York Philharmonic, totaling 10,200 concerts,[such as expressed by Gustavo Dudamel in November 2007:
"He's a legend. The history of the orchestra is in him."
On Thursday, June 4, 2009, Drucker was awarded a Guinnes World Record for longest career as a clarinetist after his performance of Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto with the orchestra. Guinness thus logged his Philharmonic career at "62 years, 7 months and 1 day as of June 4, 2009".
In 2010, Stanley Drucker received an honorary doctorate in music from the University of Florida.
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