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Serenade in E-flat major (Saint-Saëns) Serenade No. 11 (Mozart) Sextet for Horns and String Quartet (Beethoven) Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds; Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (Mozart) Someday I'll Find You; Sonata No. 6 in E-flat major (J. C. F. Bach) Souvenir d'un lieu cher; The Stars and Stripes Forever
Size comparison, left to right: A♭, E♭, and B♭ clarinet Reeds, left to right: B♭, E♭, and A♭ clarinet. Due to its small size and more compact key work, the A♭ clarinet is usually constructed with a one-piece body that combines the separate upper and lower joints and the barrel found on larger clarinets.
The E-flat (E ♭) clarinet is a member of the clarinet family, smaller than the more common B ♭ clarinet and pitched a perfect fourth higher. It is typically considered the sopranino or piccolo member of the clarinet family and is a transposing instrument in E ♭ with a sounding pitch a minor third higher than written.
After the Duke's death, Solère became first clarinet in the French King's orchestra. Thanks to his reputation, he was recruited as a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris, founded in 1795. His friendship with François Devienne greatly influenced his creative work. His compositions are mainly known today for his works for clarinet.
The term soprano also applies to the clarinets in A and C, and even the low G clarinet—rare in Western music but popular in the folk music of Turkey—which sounds a whole tone lower than the A. Some writers reserve a separate category of sopranino clarinets for the E ♭ and D clarinets, [ 1 ] while some regarded them as soprano clarinets.
The work is scored for two solo pianos and an orchestra comprising piccolo, two flutes (1st doubling alto flute), two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, two harps, three percussionists, and strings.
The E-flat major theme is sixteen bars in length. [2] The next section is marked poco più vivo. In some editions, what follows is "Variation I", though it could be argued that the previous section is actually the first variation. In any event, the so-called Variation I presents variations of the theme in triplets.
Concerto in E-flat for clarinet, Op. 14; Sonata for flute and guitar, Op. 15; 3 Quartets for clarinet, violin, viola, and cello, Op. 16; Twelve small pieces for two guitars, Op. 17; Variations for guitar and flute, Op. 18; 2 Duos concertants for clarinet and bassoon, Op. 19; Concerto in B-flat for clarinet, Op. 20; Concerto in F for horn and ...