Clarinet quartet
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Traditionally, a clarinet quartet is a chamber musical ensemble made up of one clarinet, plus the standard string trio of one violin, one viola and one cello. Nowadays, the term clarinet quartet can also refer to a combination of four clarinets of any size [including (contr)alto and (contra)bass clarinet, and basset horn]. The term is also used to refer to a piece written for any of these ensembles.
History
During the second half of eighteenth and the first of the nineteenth centuries, a large number of quartets for clarinet and string trio were written and published, particularly in Paris, as they proved highly popular in Parisian salon concerts, apparently even more so than quintets for clarinet and strings.[1] Among the earliest examples are the six quartets by Carl Stamitz published as his opus 8 in 1773.[2] Most of these are in a concertante style, treating the clarinet as soloist.
Works for clarinet quartet
- Heinrich Baermann[3]
- Matthäus Blasius[1] (1782, 1782-84, ca. 1788 and ca. 1799)[6]
- Quatuors concertants pour clarinette ou violon primo, violon second, alto et basse, op. 1[7]
- Clarinet quartet in F major, op. 1 nr. 1
- Clarinet quartet in E-flat major, op. 1 nr. 2
- Clarinet quartet in B-flat major, op. 1 nr. 3
- Quatuors concertants pour clarinette ou violon primo, violon second, alto et basse, op. 1[7]
- Charles Bochsa[1] (ca. 1795)[6]
- Christian Cannabich
- Charles-Simon Catel[1]
- Clarinet quartet in D minor, op. 2 nr. 3 (ca. 1796)[6]
- Bernhard Crusell
- François Devienne[1]
- Franz Anton Dimler
- Clarinet quartet in B-flat major (1798)[12]
- Georg Druschetzky[1]
- Quartetto Clarinetto in B, Violino, Viola, Violoncello (F major)[13]
- Carl Stamitz
- Johann Küchler (1770s)[1][6]
- Georg Friedrich Fuchs[1][6]
- Clarinet Quartet in B-flat major, op. 2 nr. 1 (1788-91)
- Clarinet Quartet in E-flat major, op. 2 nr. 2 (1788-91)
- Clarinet Quartet in B-flat major, op. 2 nr. 3 (1788-91)
- Václav Pichl (ca. 1790)[1][6]
- Paul Struck[1][6]
- Clarinet Quartet in F major, op. 12 (ca. 1795)
- Franz Anton Hoffmeister (ca. 1802)[1][6]
- Franz Krommer[1][2][6]
- Clarinet Quartet in B-flat major, op. 21 nr. 1 [P IX:4] (ca. 1802)
- Clarinet Quartet in E-flat major, op. 21 nr. 2 [P IX:3] (ca. 1802)
- Clarinet Quartet in E-flat major, op. 69 [P IX:5] (ca. 1811)
- Clarinet Quartet in D major, op. 82 [P IX:12] (ca. 1814)
- Clarinet Quartet in B-flat major, op. 83 [P IX:13] (ca. 1816)
- Carl Andreas Göpfert (ca. 1803 and 1818)[1][6]
- Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (ca. 1805)[1][6]
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel[1][2][6]
- Clarinet Quartet in E-flat major, S 78 (1808)
- Iwan Müller (1817-18)[6]
- Pieter Hellendaal[1]
- Leopold Koželuch[2]
- John Mahon[1]
- Philipp Meissner[1]
- Ignaz Pleyel[1]
- Gaspard Proksch[1]
- Valentin Roeser[1]
- Nicholas Schmidt[1]
- Albert Walter[1]
- Johann Baptist Wanhal[1]
- Clarinet Quartet in F
- Clarinet Quartet in B-flat major, op. 7 nr. 2 (W Vb:B1)
- Johann Paul Wesseley[1]
- Peter Winter[1][2]
- Alan Rawsthorne – Clarinet Quartet (1948)[15]
- Donald Martino – Clarinet Quartet (1957)
- Berthold Goldschmidt – Clarinet Quartet (1983)[16]
- Krzysztof Penderecki – Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio (1993)
- Michèl Yost and Johann Vogel[1] (ca. 1789)[6]
Arrangements
Around 1799, arrangements for clarinet quartet of three of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's chamber works appeared in publication, possibly by Johann Anton André:[1] the violin sonata in B-flat major, K 378/317d, the violin sonata in E-flat major, K 380/374f, and the piano trio in G major, K 496.
References
- ^ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 Hoeprich, Eric (2008). The Clarinet. The Yale Musical Instrument Series. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10282-6.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Lawson, Colin (1998). Brahms: Clarinet Quintet. Cambridge Music Handbooks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-58831-7.
- ^ Newhill, John P. (1974). "The Adagio for Clarinet and Strings by Wagner/Baermann". Music & Letters. 55 (2): 167–171.
- ^ RISM 454001577
- ^ RISM 1001052776
- ^ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 Rice, Albert R. (2003). The Clarinet in the Classical Period. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-534299-4.
- ^ RISM 990005608
- ^ RISM 854005711
- ^ RISM 854005712
- ^ RISM 854005713
- ^ RISM 990008595
- ^ RISM 840011593
- ^ RISM 530001436
- ^ RISM 990060816 Catalog entry
- ^ Routh, Francis (1984). "Rawsthorne's Instrumental Style". The Musical Times. 125: 143–145.
- ^ Struck, Michael; Goodwin, Inge (1990). "Evidence from a Fragmented Musical History: Notes on Berthold Goldschmidt's Chamber Music". Tempo. 174: 2–10.
- ^ RISM 450057770 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 450057771 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 450057772 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 450057773 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 450057774 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 450057775 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 450057776 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 991007625 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 1001170858 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 1001170847 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 1001170850 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 1001170852 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 1001170853 Catalog entry
- ^ RISM 1001170855 Catalog entry
External links
- Clarinet Quartets: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project