Klarinet Archive - Posting 000415.txt from 1996/10

From: Jarle Brosveet <jbrosvee@-----.NO>
Subj: Re: Composer info (Barat)
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 18:16:49 -0400

Steve Prescott wrote:

> I looked up Barat in Leduc, he has 2 other pieces for clarinet
>"Chant Slave" and "Solo De Concours." I don't know his dates but you
>could try Harry Gee's book.

It is a fine book but there is not much on Barat. Joseph-Edouard Barat
(1852-1963) wrote his Solo de Concours for the 1939 final exams at the Paris
Conservatoire. He studied with P. Vidal and E. Pessard and was a bandmaster
and founder and director of l'Ecole Preparatoire de Sous-Chefs de Musique
Militaire. He has written numerous solos for various instruments, and his
textures are all in the traditional idiom. Gee also mentions a Piece in G
minor for clarinet with band accompaniment, published by Kendor.

Jarle Brosveet