Clarinet Resource Guide: Reference Resources

Notes for Clarinetists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers important historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces written for the instrument, including Igor Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo; Aaron Copland's Concerto for Clarinet, String Orchestra, Harp, and Piano; Robert Schumann's Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op. 73; and Robert Muczynski's Time Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op. 43; as well as works by Boulez, Brahms, and Mozart to Hindemith, Poulenc, and Stamitz.

Single reeds before 1750 / Colin Lawson -- The development of the clarinet / Nicholas Shackleton -- The clarinet family. Introduction : Clarinets in B♭ and A ; The C clarinet / Colin Lawson ; The high clarinets / Basil Tschaikov ; The basset horn / Georgina Dobrée ; The bass clarinet / Michael Harris -- The development of the clarinet repertoire / Jo Rees-Davies -- Players and composers / Pamela Weston -- The mechanics of playing the clarinet / Antony Pay -- Teaching the clarinet / Paul Harris -- Playing historical clarinets / Colin Lawson -- The professional clarinettist / Nicholas Cox -- The contemporary clarinet / Roger Heaton -- The clarinet in jazz / John Robert Brown -- The clarinet on record / Michael Bryant

Introduction / Jane Ellsworth -- Clarinet Iconography / Eric Hoeprich -- The Chalumeau and Clarinet Before Mozart / Albert R. Rice -- From "Little Trumpet" to Unique Voice : The Clarinet in the Concert Orchestra / Jane Ellsworth -- The Clarinet in Opera Before 1830 : Instrument and Genre Come of Age / Ingrid Pearson -- The Clarinet in Nineteenth-Century Opera / Julian Rushton -- Innovation and Convention in the "Golden Age" of the Clarinet Concerto, ca. 1800-1830 / David Schneider -- Joining the Conversation : The Clarinet Quintet in Classical and Romantic Chamber Music / Marie Sumner Lott -- Important Clarinetists Since 1900 : A Concise Introduction / Jane Ellsworth -- Recreating History? The Early Clarinet in Theory and Practice / Colin Lawson -- The Clarinet in Vernacular Music / S. Frederick Starr

This practical guide is intended for all clarinettists with a desire to investigate music of earlier periods. It contains practical help on both the aquisition and playing of historical clarinets, while players of modern instruments will find much advice on style, approach and techniques that combine to make up a well-grounded, period interpretation. The author presents and interprets evidence from primary sources and offers suggestions for further reading and investigation. A series of case studies includes the music of Handel, Mozart, and Brahms.

This book provides students and music teachers with a comprehensive overview of the clarinet from its origin to its use and important facts not covered in traditional method books. Topics include the parts of the instrument, how it works, the different kinds of clarinets, how to care for it, planning a practice session, a survey of the history of woodwind instruments, and the accessories needed to play the instrument.

Containing over 400 terms, Ellsworth covers the clarinet's history (including both modern and historical instruments, common and rare), acoustics, construction, fingering systems and mechanisms, and techniques, as well as its more important performers, makers, and scholars.

Learn practical and technical secrets about tonguing, intonation, and fingering strategies, circular breathing, high register, sight-reading and orchestral repertoire, mental concentration and memorization, reed fixing and equipment, and career-planning. This newly revised edition contains updated information on harmonics, electronic music and equipment, and expanded techniques for playing Klezmer music.

In this sequel to Clarinet Secrets: 52 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Clarinetist, Michele Gingras offers new information on technique, tone, and intonation, musicianship, reeds and equipment, repertoire, musicians' health, and the music profession. She also provides tips on college auditions, website design, and self-marketing.

Contains works and excerpts of works by V. Roeser, F.A.P. de Garsault, L.J. Francoeur, M. Corrette, J.M. Hotteterre-le-romain, J.B. de Laborde, Abraham, A. Van der Hagen, N.E. Framery and P.L. Ginguené, O.J. Vandenbrock, F. Blasius, M. Yost, and one anonymous author

Before Elvis Presley and rock-'n'-roll, another King ruled the roost of American popular music. His name was Benny Goodman and his domain, the gilded age of Swing. Benny's concerts, records, and radio shows catapulted the hot and controversial sounds of jazz into the hearts and homes of a hungry public. Swing, Swing, Swing at once illustrates Goodman's enormous impact on American music and culture, reflects the rich textures of the times in which he lived, and evokes the very private life of a complicated, difficult man.