The Clarinet in the Classical Period
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: October 15, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780195144833
First sentence: Around the late 1750s and early 1760s, changes were made to the somewhat limited two- and three-key baroque clarinets that led to more-flexible four- or five-key classical models.
Description: "The Clarinet in the Classical Period provides a detailed review of the achievements of the period's most important clarinet makers, including James Wood, Teobaldo Monzani, and Jean-Francois Simiot, as well as the innovations of creative performers such as Ivan Muller and Cesar Janssen.

Rice offers new research regarding the practice of clef notation by Italian, French, and German composers, clarifying their use of transposing clarinets. The book also explores the creative relationships of two key trios of composer, maker, and performer - Carl Maria von Weber, Heinrich Baermann, and Jean-Jacques Baumann; and Mozart, Anton Stadler, and Theodore Lotz - examining how clarinet construction and performance practice developed in tandem with musical styles."--Jacket.