Stanley Drucker's lyrics & chords

Principal clarinet with the New York Philharmonic for 60 years, the longest tenure of any member of the orchestra in it's history. Retiring this year (2009) at age 80. Was admitted to Curtis Institute at age 15 and got his first professional job with the Cleveland Orchestra at the end of his freshman year at Curtis. Drucker played the clarinet theme from Rhapsody in Blue that opens Woody Allen's film Manhattan. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply....read more