Frederick Harris Music Company

Clarinet Series

Author: Royal Conservatory of Music
Format: Book and CD
Instrumentation: Clarinet (RCM)
Level: 7

This new series offers a sequenced approach to the study of clarinet from the beginner to advanced levels. With a progressive collection of Repertoire, Etudes, Recordings, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique, the Clarinet Series, 2014 Edition provides complete support for teachers and students at every level of study. Nine progressive volumes of Repertoire expose students to a wealth of music from the earliest works for clarinet to accompanied and unaccompanied contemporary compositions. Students will explore some of the most definitive solo pieces written for clarinet, along with popular folk tunes, Klezmer melodies, Classical solos, and contemporary compositions that incorporate traditional and extended techniques.

Contents:

Technical Repertoire:

• Concerto in B flat Major: Third Movement - Johann Stamitz, arr. Helmut May
• Cantilene, op. 64 - Paul-Agricole Genin
• Clarinet on the Town - Ralph Hermann
• Clarinet Concerto No. 3: First Movement - Johann Melchior Molter, arr. Pamela Weston
• Sonate: Second Movement - Paul Hindemith
• Summer Fancy - William O. Smith

Lyrical Repertoire:

• Sonata, op. 120, no. 1: Fourth Movement - Johannes Brahms
• Tableau, from Le Cid - Jules Massenet
• Fantasy Pieces, op. 43: First Movement - Niels W. Gade
• Fantasy Pieces, op. 43: Second Movement - Niels W. Gade
• Fantasiestucke, op. 73, no. 1 - Robert Schumann
• Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, op. 5: Second Movement - Bernhard Crusell, arr. Pamela Weston
• Clarinet Quintet in E flat Major, op. 23: Second Movement - Heinrich Baermann, arr. Arthur H. Christmann
• Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, op. 26: Second Movement - Louis Spohr, arr. Arthur H. Christmann