Clarinet Quartet
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Ricercare on C
Composer: Gabrieli, Andrea Arranger: Buss, Howard J.
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet
Genre: RenaissanceThis late Renaissance work is written in a stirring imitative style. Particularly interesting are the meter changes involving metric modulations, a trait found in much of the dance music of the day. It makes an outstanding feature number for a recital as well as a wonderful musical offering in church. Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.From $14.00
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Rondeau from "Adbelazar"
Composer: Purcell, Henry Arranger: Girtmon, Paxton
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet
Genre: BaroqueUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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Royal Garden Blues
Composer: Traditional Arranger: Gale, Jack
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet (alternate Alto Clarinet included for Clarinet 3) Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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Shepherd's Hey
Composer: Grainger, Percy Arranger: Boone, Michael
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet3 Bb Clt and Bass. Clt Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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Simple Gifts
Composer: Traditional Arranger: Villanueva, Jari
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet (alternate Alto Clarinet included for Clarinet 3) Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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Spiritual Christmas
Composer: Various Arranger: Thomas, David R
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet
Genre: ChristmasArranged for Clarinet Quartet, this is a medley of: Mary Had a Baby; Rise Up, Shepherd and Follow; Go, Tell it on a Mountain Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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String Quartet No. 1, Mvt. 1
Composer: Beethoven, Ludvig van Arranger: Mietz, Joshua
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
Genre: Romantic3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet
Dedicated to Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz, String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 was finished on June 25, 1799 with some revisions thereafter. Beethoven initially felt it to be a work in progress and commented that he had not yet “learned to write quartets properly”. Despite his perfectionism, only minor changes were made after the premier performance.
Compositionally, this work is best aligned with the string quartets of Mozart and Haydn – two of Beethoven’s largest influences; however, a seasoned listener can feel his strain against the established norms of the classical period. The opening motive of the first movement is a six-note turn that was originally heard over 130 times throughout the movement. The composer later scaled this number down to 109 in subsequent revisions. It follows closely to a sonata allegro form and, with the exception of his typical dramatic dynamic changes, follows the patterns established by his predecessors.
– Joshua Mietz (Arranger)
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String Quartet No. 1, Mvt. 4
Composer: Beethoven, Ludvig van Arranger: Mietz, Joshua
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
Genre: Romantic3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet
Dedicated to Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz, String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 was finished on June 25, 1799 with some revisions thereafter. Beethoven initially felt it to be a work in progress and commented that he had not yet “learned to write quartets properly”. Despite his perfectionism, only minor changes were made after the premier performance.
The opening of this Allegro finale pays homage to Mozart with its wild swirls in the solo voices followed by a response of the whole ensemble. As the movement develops, the ensemble plays what we later discover as Beethoven’s true voice. Like the first movement, the last movement affords the ensemble dramatic dynamic changes and driving motor devices. The virtuosity required of the players makes this the most challenging of any of the movements in the quartet.
– Joshua Mietz (Arranger)
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String Quartet No. 1, Mvts. 2 and 3
Composer: Beethoven, Ludvig van Arranger: Mietz, Joshua
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
Genre: Romantic3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet
Dedicated to Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz, String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1, was finished on June 25, 1799 with some revisions thereafter. Beethoven initially felt it to be a work in progress and commented that he had not yet “learned to write quartets properly.” Despite his perfectionism, only minor changes were made after the premier performance. The Adagio is impassioned, tragic, and dark. Karl Amenda, Beethoven’s violinist friend, revealed that the composer contemplated the tomb scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet when composing this operatic second movement. Toward the end of the movement, the rhythms of the solo voices become faster and, as such, become more severe. The Scherzo third movement closely resembles the playful quality found in Haydn’s quartets and is most closely aligned with the harmonic structures of the first movement.
A clarinetist approaching this work faces many of the same challenges of his string-playing colleagues including: interpretation, note length, tempi, dynamics, and all other musical decisions. To further complicate matters, clarinetists must also discuss and agree upon breathing strategies and alternative fingerings. While this work is orchestrated for three B-flat soprano clarinets and a B-flat bass clarinet with a low C extension, it may be performed by a larger clarinet-choir as well. Throughout the original work, there are places where a string player performs double or even triple stops and those notes have been included in this transcription for two reasons: the first is to provide options to the players performing in a quartet to add a slight variance in color, the second is to further enhance the harmony when the work is performed by more than four clarinetists. It is remarkable to observe the subtle variances in flexibility and tone when performed by a four-person ensemble as opposed to a larger group. This edition does not vary from the original in key or, to the extent possible, range with the exception of a few octaves that have been transposed to better promote facility on the clarinet.
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Suite for Clarinet Quartet
Composer: Trotter, Micah
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
Genre: Contemporary3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet
This is a perfect piece for a high school quartet.
I. Chorale
II. The Chase
III. Song
IV. Waltz
V. March
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Swingin' in the Halls of the Mountain King
Composer: Grieg, Edvard Arranger: Murrow, Jeanie
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet
Genre: Romantic3 Bb Clts and Bass Clt Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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There It Is
Composer: Ardovino, Lori
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Eb Clarinet
Genre: ContemporaryE-flat Clarinet, 2 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet
This suite is drawn from the composer’s new score for the vintage 1928 silent comedy of the same name starring Charlie Bowers. The original film score runs 20 minutes and is scored for piccolo, sopranino recorder, 2 soprano recorders, ocarina, oboe, English horn, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, 2 bass clarinets, contrabass clarinet, banjo, slide whistle, saw, glockenspiel, percussion, toy piano, 3 melodicas, accordian, and piano. Here it has been pared down to 11 minutes and rescored for clarinet quartet.
Synopsis of the wonderfully weird film: Scotland Yard detective Charley MacNeesha carries his constant companion MacGregor–who is either a hairy insect or a buggy-looking mouse–in a matchbox. The pair travels to New York to solve the case of the Fuzz-Faced Phantom who causes full-grown chickens to hatch from eggs, pots to rain from the ceiling, and pants to dance of their own volition in a surrealist comedy that anticipated Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel’s “An Andalusian Dog” by more than a year.
–Maurice Saylor
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Three Pieces of Pierre Attaignant
Composer: Attaignant, Pierre Arranger: Stulken, Randy
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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Two for the Holidays
Composer: Multiple Arranger: Buckley, Lewis
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet
Genre: ChristmasGood King Wenceslas; Angels We Have Heard on High Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Composer: Creamer and Layton Arranger: Gale, Jack
Instrumentation: Quartet Instruments: Clarinet3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet (alternate Alto Clarinet included for Clarinet 3) Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00