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Clarinet

            
             The Clarinet is a woodwind instrument. Its mouthpiece looks like a peaked edge. The mouthpiece is attached to a single reed. The body is usually made from basswood and is cylinder shaped with a flared bell. This is what the clarinet looks like now. .
             The first form of the clarinet was available in Western Europe in the 17th century in a range of pitches and was generally called chalumeau. The word chalumeau is of a French origin and is a common name for any small reed-blown pipe. The German instrument creator J.C. Denner first developed the clarinet from the chalumeau around 1700. It is commonly implied that Denner invented the clarinet by improving the chalumeau. Denner gave the clarinet a separate mouthpiece, added keys to it, developed the bell, and offered for the first time the third and fifth harmonics. The clarinet was used very infrequently in the first half of the 18th century and parts with a restricted area were assigned to it. This was probably due to the imperfections of the new instrument. By 1800 few orchestras would have been without the clarinet. In chamber music, Mozart had assured its place. As a solo instrument it had already had by the 1800s a fairly long career. The years 1800 to 1840 were a period of soloists and concerto players and mechanical development.
             In 1812 Ivan Muller presented a newly designed clarinet to the Paris Conservatoire. The new instrument had 13 keys and the most advance since the work of Denner. Muller is said to have been the second great figure in the world of development of the clarinet.
             The last inventor in the history of the clarinet was Hyacinthe Klose. In 1839, he invented what has become known as the Boehm System clarinet. The system is named after Theobald Boehm who invented a system for the flute by placing holes in the proper acoustical positions. He also invented a series of ring keys.
            


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1. Developement Of The Clarinet

... instruments popularity in school bands and orchestras. What is less known by most is the history behind the instrument. To explore the history behind the clarinet we begin in Egypt. Dating back to 2700 B.C. the Egyptians had an instrument known as the zummara (Pino 193). It was an instrument that ... would have played melodically. In the middle ages in Scotland there was an instrument called the stock-and-horn it closely resembles the modern day clarinet with its single reed, single pipe, bell horn, and eight finger holes. Of two surviving specimens one is preserved in the Museum of Scot...

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2. Clarinet

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3. Mozart Clarinet Concerto

... a descending passage starting on the fifth degree of the scale. Between bars 16-19 an important section of the theme is introduced. A semiquaver pattern is developed frequently throughout the clarinet part and displays the soloist's virtuosity. This semiquaver pattern features chromaticism and heads to a cadence on the dominant. Mozart does not introduce a second orchestral subject. He does however, ... new ideas with elaboration of the principal material. The first theme is extended with semiquaver figuration. Throughout the next few passages, Mozart, again, displays Stadler's instrument...

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4. Clarinet Concert Review

... the Florida Gulf Coast University Bower School of Music. From the title alone it is obvious to deduce what the concert revolved around. The clarinet was the glorified instrument played Paul Votapek and in conjunction with the clarinet on stage was a piano played by Michael Baron. Although there were only two instruments being played on stage both musicians performed exceptionally producing an ... on the topic of the musicians of the concert, I'd first like to discuss the performance of Michael Baron. There were some moments Baron would play without the accompaniment of the clarinet. Whi...

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5. The Basics of Playing the Clarinet

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6. Woodwind Essay

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7. Instruments of the orchestra

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8. Benny Goodman

... included Jimmy Noone and Buster Bailey respected for classical musicianship and as late as 1949, Goodman was studying with Reginald Kell, a leading British classical clarinet soloist). Benny studied with Schoepp for two years, emerging a skilled musician. [Collier (pg. 23)] "Before he was in his teens, Benny ... members of the Austin High Gang (Dave Tough, Bud Freeman and others) who introduced him to New Orleans Rhythm Kings and Dixieland clarinet style of Leon Rappolo. Goodman accompanied Pollack to New York in 1928 and then left Pollack to join Red Nichols in 1929, when ... records an...

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9. Cubism

... an object, seen from various points of view, could be reconstructed using particular separate "views" which overlapped and intersected. Clarinet and Bottle of Rum on a Mantelpiece" by Georges Braque, 1911 The painting Clarinet and Bottle of Rum on a Mantelpiece by Braque is an example of Analytic Cubism. It is a painting of a ... fireplace with a mantelpiece. On the mantelpiece are a clarinet and a bottle of rum. A page of sheet music is hanging on the wall. Instead of using perspective, light, and shade to show ... . The repetition of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines adds unity ...

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