Clarinet

Name: Clarinet
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ISBN: 9780300102826

ISBN-10: 0300102828

ISBN-13: 9780300102826

Edition: 2007

Authors: Eric Hoeprich

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Description:

The clarinet has a long and rich history as a solo, orchestral, and chamber musical instrument. In this broad-ranging account Eric Hoeprich, a performer, teacher, and expert on historical clarinets, explores its development, repertoire, and performance history. Looking at the antecedents of the clarinet, as well as such related instruments as the chalumeau, basset horn, alto clarinet, and bass clarinet, Hoeprich explains the use and development of the instrument in the Baroque age. The period from the late 1700s to Beethoven's early years is shown to have fostered ever wider distribution and use of the instrument, and a repertoire of increasing richness. The first half of the nineteenth…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/14/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 0.70" wide x 0.98" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 2.728
Language: English



List of illustrations


List of music examples


Editorial note


Preface and acknowledgements



The basic clarinet



The origins of the clarinet



The earliest clarinets



The chalumeau



The Classical clarinet



Mozart and the clarinet



1800 to 1843: Astounding innovation and breath-taking virtuosity



1844 to 1900: The clarinet joins the establishment



The clarinet in the twentieth century and beyond



The basset horn



The bass clarinet



The odd clarinets



Bands, folk music and all that jazz



Instrument makers



Instruction material


Notes


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Index