Benny Goodman was an influential musician on the American jazz scene. He played clarinette and became an important musician in a musical genre dominated by big African-American names.
The competition that Benny Goodman faced in this medium was great. That's because in addition to competing with talented musicians, he had to overcome a possible "exclusion" from an environment dominated and well executed by blacks.
Reasoning: Composers use a fermata () to indicate that musicians should hold or sustain a note longer than its intended value. Exactly how long to stretch the note is not defined, but a note marked with a fermata can even double in length.
