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 C002: The Basset-Horn & its Music by John P. Newhill. Rosewood Publications, Third Edition of 2003, SB, 127 pages. A very interesting book on an instrument that because of the work of the author and others with similar interests is no longer as neglected as it once was. Chapters include What is a Basset-Horn?, The Name, The Rise & Fall of the Basset-Horn, The Modern Basset-Horn, The Repertoire (Solo Works with Orchestra, Chamber Works, Orchestral Works, List of Recordings, List of Publishers, Addresses for Manuscript Works, Index of Composers), and a bibliography. While there are some editorial changes and addition of repertoire, the primary changes are an improved layout and typeface and a more usable binding |
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C004: Brahms: The Clarinet Quintet (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Colin Lawson. Cambridge University Press, PB, 124 pages. A very interesting book which examines the technical aspects of the quintet and places it in the context of the times. Chapters include: The nineteenth-century clarinet and its music, Brahms and the orchestral clarinet, Brahm's chamber music before 1891, The genesis and reception of the Clarinet Quintet, Design and structure, Performance practice, The legacy of Brahm's clarinet music. Hardbound edition available for $44.95. (List price is $50.00.) |
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C012: Clarinet Concerto in Outline, The by Norman M. Heim. Norcat Music Press, PB, 143 pages. The most recent of Professor Heim's surveys of the clarinet literature. Each concerto is described in a detailed outline format covering between a half and full page. Chapters include: Early Period, Classic Period - Mozartian Era, The Romantic Period, and Contemporary Period. The publisher of each concerto is identified and there is an index by composer. |
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C013: Clarinet Literature in Outline by Norman M. Heim. Van Cott Information Services, Inc., SS, 63 pages. We are pleased to present a completely reset edition of this invaluable guide to clarinet literature. It covers more than 200 works from all periods in a detailed outline format and briefly describes an additional 170 contemporary works. Our new printing includes the dates of death for composers who have died since the original 1984 edition and an updated bibliography of clarinet books. |
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C011: Clarinet and Clarinet Playing by David Pino. Dover Publications, PB, 320 pages. The author, Professor of Clarinet at Southwest Texas State University, studied with Keith Stein at Michigan State University, starting at the age of eight, for fifteen years. He graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor's degree in Theory and Composition, then earned a Master's degree in Woodwind Performance, and later, a Doctorate in Clarinet Performance. The book covers the technical aspects of clarinet playing, musicianship, teaching the clarinet, and reeds. It also includes significant chapters on clarinet history and literature. |
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C016: Clarinet Master Class by Allen Sigel. SHALL-u-mo Publications, SB, 78 pages. The clarinet teacher and former principal of the Buffalo Philharmonic has created master lessons and etudes based on six solo works by Mozart (Concerto K. 622) , Weber (Concertino and Concerto No. 2), Spohr Concertos No. 1 and No. 2), and Brahms (Sonata in F Minor Op. 120, No. 1). Lessons include such topics as stylistic features, ensemble problems, musical and technical problems, dynamics, etc. The author provides recommended fingerings throughout the text. |
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Clarinet Sonata in Outline, The by Norman M. Heim. Norcat Music Press, LB, 207 pages. The clarinet sonatas of almost 250 composers described in a rather detailed outline format. This book is now temporarily out of print. We expect to have it available in a new edition about December 2003. |
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C087: Messiaen - Quatour pour la fin du Temps by Anthony Pople. Cambridge University Press, 1998, PB, 115 pages. This book is a comprehensive guide to the Quartet for the End of Time by Olivier Messiaen (1908-92). It covers the origin of the work in a prisoner-of-war camp in 1940-41 and has an in depth assessment of each of its eight movements. |
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C030: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Colin Lawson. Cambridge University Press, PB, 111 pages. There are a number of special problems surrounding the Mozart clarinet concerto since the autograph has been lost and the unique instrument for which it was written has not survived. This text presents a wealth of background information, an analysis of the concerto, and as well as details of surviving relevant instruments. Hardbound edition available for $44.95. (List price is $50.00.) |
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C032: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, The Clarinetist's View by David E. Etheridge. Firebird Press, PB, 192 pages. This book examines the concerto in detail and analyzes the musical theories and performance techniques of eight of the world's greatest clarinetist's: Stanley Hasty, Robert Marcellus, Anthony Gigliotti, Harold Wright, Rudolf Jettel, Ulysse Delecluse, Jack Brymer, and Michel Incenzo. The author's introductory chapter offers historical perspective on the most significant points of each interpretation, highlighting both the striking number of similarities and also the important differences in each artist's approach to the concerto. A printing error was discovered in this book in July 2003. As of this date the publisher has not supplied corrected copies. |
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C050: Opera Clarinetist, The by Ben Armato. Reed Wizard, SB, 104 pages. A collection of excerpts from the most popular operas in the repertoire by the Ben Armato, clarinetist for the Metropolitan Opera for over 35 years. It includes 23 operas from 13 composers such as Bizet: Carmen, Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Mozart: Don Giovonni, Puccini: Tosca, Verdi: Aida, etc. The second clarinet part is also included in a number of excerpts. |
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C054: Orchestral Studies for the Eb Clarinet by Peter Hadcock. Roncorp Publications, SS, 56 pages. This unique book contains excerpts from the most important orchestral repertoire for Eb clarinet. Works are included by Berlioz, Mahler, Ravel, Shostakovich, Stravinsky and more. Also included is the full D clarinet part for Richard Strauss "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" transposed for Eb clarinet. The annotations include suggested fingerings. Click on the cover image to view Table of Contents. Use your browser's Back button to return. |
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C054: The Orchestral Clarinet, Vol. 1 by Kalman Bloch. The Boston Music Co., SS, 42 pages. Excerpts with commentary and some suggested fingerings from Beethoven: Symphonies No. 4, No. 6, and No. 8; Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream; Rossini Semiramide Overture; Schubert Symphony No. 8; Weber Oberon Overture. |
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C055: The Orchestral Clarinet, Vol. 2 by Kalman Bloch. Clarion Music Assn., SS, 62 pages. Excerpts with commentary from Brahms Symphonies No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4; Tchaikovsky Symphonies No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6; Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol and Scheherazade; and Stravinsky Firebird Suite and Petrouchka. |
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C056: The Orchestral Clarinet, Vol. 3 by Kalman Bloch. Clarion Music Assn., SS, 62 pages. Excerpts with commentary from Wagner Meistersinger, Dance of the Apprentices, Siegfried Idyll, Waldweben, Tannhauser, Venusberg Music, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Tristan and Isolde, and Siegfried's Rhine Journey; Borodin Polovetsian Dances, Prokofieff Peter and the Wolf, Strauss Don Juan, Don Quixote, Death and Transfiguration, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Ein Heldenleben, Till Eulenspiegel, Salome, and Rosenkavalier; Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain and Khovanshchina; Tchaikovsky Mozartiana and Francesca da Rimini; Debusy L'Apres-midi d'un Faune' and Kodaly Galanta Dances. Also includes Cadenza Studies from Rimksy Korasakov L'Coq D'or, Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, and Ravel Rapsodie Espagnol. |
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C042: Symphonic Repertoire for the Bass Clarinet, Volume One by Michael Drapkin, Roncorp Publications, SS, 68 pages. This is the corrected version released in early 2003. This book includes 36 excerpts selected from the standard symphonic literature, some more obscure works with noteworthy bass clarinet solos, and additional pieces that frequently appear on addition lists. Composers include Gershwin, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky and more. An number of the excerpts are in bass clef and several are for bass clarinet in A. The author recently noted, "It has been 24 years since the original release, and this reprint provided me the opportunity to make a couple of corrections, most notably the correct transposition of the bass clarinet part to the Berg Violin Concert, as well as some misspellings." Click on the cover image to view Table of Contents. Use your browser's Back button to return. |
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C069: Tchaikovsky Symphonies - Clarinet I. Alfred Publishing Co., SS, 94 pages. The complete Clarinet I parts for the six symphonies by Tchaikovsky. |
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C043: Working Clarinetist, The by Peter Hadcock. Roncorp Publications, 1999. SB, 212 pages. Peter Hadcock, the late Assistant Principal and Eb Clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, describes this book as an attempt to put on paper what he learned during his forty-three years of playing the clarinet. The book is divided into four parts. The first part which represents three quarters of the book is annotated orchestral excerpts many of which are part of the standard audition repertoire. Part 2 covers many technical aspects of clarinet playing such as embouchure, articulation, intonation etc. Part 3 are master classes on Mozart's and Nielsen's clarinet concertos. The final section has trill and tremolo fingerings. |
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