Table of Contents: The early clarinet :

Main Author:	Lawson, Colin
Other Authors:	Pearson, Ingrid.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:	Cambridge handbooks to the historical performance of music
Subjects:	Clarinet. Clarinet music > History and criticism. > 18th century Clarinet music > History and criticism. > 19th century Performance practice (Music) > History > 18th century. Performance practice (Music) > History > 19th century. Clarinet music. Ensemble playing. Clarinet > History. Clarinette. Clarinette, Musique de > Histoire et critique. > 18e siècle Clarinette, Musique de > Histoire et critique. > 19e siècle Pratique de l'exécution (Musique) > 18e siècle. Pratique de l'exécution (Musique) > 19e siècle. MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Woodwinds.
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Table of Contents:

The early clarinet in context. Introduction. Historical performance and the clarinet. Clarinet literature. The collector. Style. Interpreting the evidence. The current scene
Historical considerations. Aims and aspirations. Origin and development of the clarinet. The chalumeau and its music. Baroque clarinet repertory. Classical. Romantic. A snapshot from 1879. The late nineteenth century. Early recordings and musical style
Equipment. Aspects of standardisation. Classical clarinets. Nineteenth-century clarinets. Original instruments. Copies. Mouthpieces. Reeds. Care and maintenance
Playing historical clarinets / by Ingrid Pearson. Introduction. Posture. Embouchure and reed-position. Articulation. Fingering. Ornamentation. Other practical and aesthetic considerations
The language ofmusical style. Introduction. Sources. Rhetoric. The Romantic era
Case studies in ensemble music. Handel : Ouverture HWV 424 for two clarinets and horn. Johann Stamitz : Clarinet Concerto in B♭. Mozart : Clarinet Quintet K581. Weber : Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E♭, Op. 74. Brahms : Clarinet Trio Op. 114
Related family members. Introduction. Special projects : high clarinets. Low clarinets. Basset horn, basset clarinet.