Research Catalog

Title

The baroque clarinet / Albert R. Rice.

Author

Rice, Albert R.

Publication

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

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Description

xx, 197 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

This is a sourcebook for the historical study of the European clarinet during the first half of the eighteenth century. The book is based on a comprehensive study of the theoretical, musical, and iconographical evidence, and many conclusions are presented here for the firsttime. The opening chapter provides a general view of the precursors of the clarinet. The remainder of the book looks in detail at the baroque clarinet: its design and construction, its playing techniques, the music written for it, and its use by both amateur and professional players. Of particular interest is the author's investigation into aspects of performance practice at various points in the instrument's development. The book is generously illustrated with pictures and music examples, and the appendix provides an inventory and short description of extant baroque clarinets.

Series Statement

Early music series ; 13

Uniform Title

Early music series (London, England : 1976) 13.

Subject

• 1700-1799
• Clarinet > History
• Music > 18th century > History and criticism

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-188) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Origins. Antiquity ; The sixteenth century ; The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries ; Conclusion -- The earliest instruments. Clarinets made by the Denners: documentation and attribution ; Design and construction ; Conclusion -- Playing techniques of the Baroque clarinet. The two-key clarinet ; The three-key clarinet ; Conclusion -- Music for the Baroque clarinet. The early duos ; Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans ; Caldara ; Conti ; Telemann ; Faber ; Rathgeber ; Vivaldi: Concertos ; Paganelli ; Kölbel ; Handel ; Molter ; Rameau ; Johann Stamitz ; D'Herbain and Garsault ; Conclusion -- The use of the Baroque clarinet by amateurs and professionals. Aristocrats ; Travelling virtuosi ; Court orchestral clarinettists ; Church and village musicians ; Military musicians ; Conclusion -- Appendix. A check-list of extant Baroque clarinets.

ISBN

0198161883

LCCN

^^^90041916^

OCLC

• 22118175
• SCSB-10143602

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library