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Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet is a solo instrumental work by Igor Stravinsky.The work was composed in 1918. [1] It was published in 1919, shortly after the completion of his Suite from L'Histoire du Soldat, as a thank-you gift to the philanthropist and arts patron Werner Reinhart, who was also an amateur clarinetist. [2]
The only wind instrument for which Felix Mendelssohn wrote any solo works is the clarinet. The famous clarinettist Heinrich Baermann and his son Carl for whom Mendelssohn composed the Konzertstücke opp. 113 and 114 (for clarinet, bassett horn and piano), were two of his close friends.
Op. 120, No. 1, also entitled Opus 120, No. 1 or in its German form, Opus 120, Nr. 1, is a 1986 arrangement for clarinet and orchestra of Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Sonata Op. 120, No. 1 by Italian composer Luciano Berio. As with the original Sonata, the soloist in this arrangement can either be a clarinet or a viola.
Music commissioned by Woody Herman (2 P) O. Compositions for clarinet and orchestra (1 C, 5 P) P. ... Solo clarinet pieces (12 P) Clarinet sonatas (15 P) T.
The piece was created in 1933 (the first and last movements composed on September 3 and 5, respectively) while Cage was studying music with Richard Buhlig (Nicholls 2002, 63). Buhlig convinced Cage to send the sonata, as well as some other pieces, to Henry Cowell for publication in New Music; thus it became Cage's earliest published piece ...
Michael Lowenstern (born August 23, 1968) is an American musician, composer and educator, specializing in bass clarinet.He is well known for his YouTube channel Earspasm [1] and for his many recordings featuring the bass clarinet as a solo instrument in classical, jazz, and electronica formats.
The sonata is now a part of the standard repertoire for clarinet and others outside of the clarinet world have embraced the piece. In 1994 it was orchestrated by Sid Ramin so that it can be played by a solo clarinet with orchestral accompaniment. [7] Yo-Yo Ma has arranged this work for cello and piano. [8]
Prelude, Fugue and Riffs is a "written-out" jazz-in-concert-hall composition composed by Leonard Bernstein for a jazz ensemble featuring solo clarinet.. The title points to the union of classical music and jazz: Prelude (first movement) and Fugue (second movement) – both baroque forms – are followed immediately without a pause by a series of "riffs" (third movement), which is a jazz term ...