The Clarinet in the Classical Period

by Albert R. Rice

Overview

A comprehensive study of the clarinet in use through the classical period, 1760 to 1830, a period of intensive musical experimentation. The book provides a detailed review and analysis of construction, design, materials, and makers of clarinets. Rice also explores how clarinet construction and performance practice developed in tandem with the musical styles of the period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199887781
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/15/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

Albert R. Rice has been an active performer on historic and modern clarinets for over thirty years. He is the author of The Baroque Clarinet as well as more than 60 articles and reviews on the clarinet's history. The curator of the Fiske Collection of Musical Instruments in Claremont, California, Rice is also an independent appraiser of musical instruments and works as a professional librarian.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. General Design and Construction Characteristics2. Historical Development3. Playing Techniques4. Music for the Classical Clarinet5. The Clarinet in Performing GroupsNotesBibliography

Editorial Reviews

"Encyclopedic in scope, the book is truly a "one-stop" source of information on the Classical era clarinet....Rice does an excellent job of bringing together everything that is known about the Classical clarinet." — Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society

"The American organologist Albert Rice has done it again.... well-researched tome, packed with fascinating information, much of which is completely new. Perhaps more importantly, it is a well-organized and thorough account, and therefore an essential book for anyone interested in any aspect of the clarinet in this period.... His account of the concerto is up-to-date, and includes a reproduction of the recently discovered illustration of Anton Stadler's basset clarinet, for which Mozart composed the work."—Early Music

"Rice's command of historical sources is truly remarkable, and there can be no doubt that this book will provide source material for clarinet researchers for many years to come."—Music & Letters

"Locating the period of the "classical" clarinet from about 1760 to about 1830, he provides here a lucid study of the progression of innovations to the instrument's construction with generous commentary about its music literature and players.... Rice's book makes valuable observations about the idiomatic repertoire that developed during the classical period."—CHOICE

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