Klarinet Archive - Posting 000311.txt from 1995/07

From: CLARK FOBES <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: British music for the clarinet
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 01:21:46 -0400

This is a really fertile area and one that has not been really tapped
by us "cousins".

I believe that Dr. Jim Gillespie of North Texas State University
did his doctoral dissertation on the subject.

As you may know, there was a Musical renaissance in Britain in the
late 19th Century. It was spurred primarily by two prominent composers
and teachers, Hubert Parry (1848-1918) and Charles Villiers Stanford
(1852-1924)

Stanford wrote a Sonata for clarinet that is very Brahmsian and a
pretty good concerto too.

With the influence of these two. a whole new school of composition
arose and for some reason, the clarinet became an important instrument
of this compositional renaissance.

Composers worth looking into are:

Arnold, Malcom

Sonatina, op 21
Concerto(s?) for Clarinet and Orch

Apivor, Dennis

Psycho Pieces for clar & pno
Clarinet Quintet

Bax, Arnold

Sonata - clar & pno (great piece!!!!)
Trio - vln, vla(clar) & pno

Bliss, Arthur

Quintet - clar & strings
Two Nursery Rhymes - sop ,clar & pno

Bridge, Frank

Divertimenti - fl,ob,clr,bsn

Dieren, Bernard Van

Sonnetto VII of Edmund Spenser - for Tenor & 11 instruments

(I mention this because it includes basset horn! It is
available on rental from OUP. Van Dieren is sort of a pet
project of mine!)

Elgar, Sir Edward.

7 unpublished movements for woodwind quintet

Hamilton, Ian

Nocturnes, op 6. - clar & pno
Clarinet Concerto
Quintet No.1 - clr & strings
Sonata
3 Nocturnes - clr & pno
Sea Music (Quintet #2)

Holbrooke, Josef

Quintets op 27, 1 & 2 - clr & strings
Andante & Presto - clar & pno

Howells, Herbert

Sonata
Quintet, op 31 clr & strings

Ireland, John

Fantasy - clr & pno

Jacob, Gordon

Quintet - clar & strings

Parry, Hubert

Nonet

Rawsthorne, Alan

Quartet - clar, vln, vla , 'cello

Seiber, Matyas

Concertino - clar & string orch
Divertimento - clar & string quart
Andantino Pastorale - clar & pno

Stanford, Charles Villiers

Sonata
Concerto

Tovey, Donald Francis

Trio, op 8. - clar, hrn & pno

Vaughan-Williams, Ralph

Quintet in D major - clar, hrn. vln , vc, pno (1898 MS)
Fantasia on 'Linden Lea" - ob, clar, bsn (1942-3 MS)

Walthew

Trio - clar, vc & pno

This is by all means not exhaustive!!! I believe there may have
been an article in "The clarinet " magazine at one point too.

Clark W Fobes