CLARINET
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CLARINET DUETS & ENSEMBLES
DVORAK'S HUMORESQUE
Grade: 2/3
Duration: 2:20
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Dvorak's Humoresque (op.101,no.7), is one of his most famous compositions and has been arranged many times for many combinations of instruments. This arrangement was originally written in 2000 as a contest piece for my middle school students in Albuquerque. But unlike most of my other student duets, it is geared for players with differing skill levels. The first part (grade 3) requires a somewhat more experienced player than the second part (grade 2), which stays below the break, but still gets to play the melody in the middle section. Separate parts are included to do away with awkward page turns.
Also available for flute duet and saxophone duet..
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CHOPIN'S ETUDE
Grade: 2/3
Duration: 1:50
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Written for 2nd & 3rd year clarinet students, this arrangement of one of Chopin's most popular compositions is transposed from the original E major to the more beginner-friendly key of (concert) Bb major. Chopin himself is said to have considered this to be his loveliest melody. Like Dvorak's Humoresque (above), it is geared for players with differing skill levels. The first part (grade 3) requires a somewhat more experienced player than the second part (grade 2), which stays below the break. The entire duet can be played from the score without turning a page, so individual parts are not needed.
Also available for flute duet and saxophone duet.
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VARIATIONS ON AN
AUSTRALIAN FOLK SONG
Grade: 3
Duration: 2:00
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
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This contest/recital piece for middle or young high school students is in the form of a theme with three variations. The theme is Botany Bay, a popular folk song from Australia. It was originally written in 2000 for my middle school students in Albuquerque. Separate parts are included to do away with awkward page turns.
Also available for flute duet and saxophone duet
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DIME VARIATIONS
Grade: 3+
Duration: 2:40
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
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This fun little duet is in the form of a theme and 7 variations based on an original melody. It takes its title from the somewhat uneven ten measure length of the theme. Perfect concert or contest material for moderately advanced students. Separate parts are included to do away with awkward page turns.
Also available for flute duet and saxophone duet
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BRAHMS' WALTZ
Grade: 3
Duration: 1:45
Price: $5.50
Publisher: Dacker Music
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The Waltz in Ab, Op. 39, No. 15 is one of the best-known piano pieces by the great German Romantic composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). It is just one in a set of 16 short waltzes for piano that Brahms penned in1865, but it has long taken on a life of its own and eclipsed all of the others in popularity. The set was originally written for piano 4-hands, then arranged by Brahms for solo piano the same year.
An optional 3rd clarinet part is included to substitute for alto clarinet.
Also available scored for Saxophone Quartet and String Quartet
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GERSHWIN'S PRELUDE
Grade: 3
Duration: 3:00
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Dacker Music
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George Gershwin's Preludes for Piano of 1926 is probably his best-known work for solo piano. Of the 3 preludes in this set, the second one is the most popular and most often heard. This arrangement for clarinet quartet is transposed down a semitone from the original C# minor/F# major to the more clarinet-friendly C minor/F major. It gives young clarinetists an opportunity to enjoy learning some classic Gershwin.
An optional 3rd clarinet part is included to substitute for alto clarinet.
Also available scored for Mixed Wind Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, and String Quartet
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CLARINET AND PIANO
MEDITATION FOR CLARINET AND PIANO
Grade: 4
Duration: 2:50
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
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A shorter companion piece to Meditation for Horn and Piano, this somewhat impressionistic piece begins with the unaccompanied solo clarinet for the first 5 measures.
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SPRING SOLILOQUY
Grade: 4
Duration: 4:00
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Dacker Music
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Transcription for Bb clarinet and piano of a lyrical piece for violin and piano written as a wedding gift for a colleague when I was teaching in China.
Also available transcribed for flute; oboe; bassoon; alto saxophone; viola; cello.
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SONATINA FOR CLARINET AND PIANO
Grade: 4+
Duration: 9:30
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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As the title, which means "little sonata," suggests, this 3-movement composition closely follows traditional sonata
form on a somewhat smaller scale.
The individual movements, with their locations on the audio track, are listed below.
1. Allegro agitato - sonata-allegro - G minor 0:00
2. Andante tranquillo - chaconne - C major 4:08
3. Allegro - abridged sonata-rondo - G minor 6:57
This solo is also available in a concert band transcription titled Concertino for Clarinet and Band.
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SONATINA FOR BASS CLARINET AND PIANO
Grade: 4
Duration: 7:40
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
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As the title, which means "little sonata," suggests, this 3-movement composition closely follows traditional sonata
form on a somewhat smaller scale.
The individual movements, with their locations on the audio track, are listed below.
1. Allegro appassionato - sonata allegro - F minor 0:00
2. Adagio cantabile - theme and variations - A-flat major 2:42
3. Allegretto giocoso - abridged sonata-rondo - F minor 5:21
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*This is a transposed version of the Sonatina for Bassoon and Piano
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