Klarinet Archive - Posting 001179.txt from 1998/01

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Klose, Baermann, Rose-query
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 04:08:38 -0500

Alan,
Here are two sources: 1) "The Clarinet" by Jack Brymer. Publ. by
Schirmer Books. 2) "Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past" by Pamela Weston.
Self-published and available from many music stores such as Eble, Luyben,
etc.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 SCHEER@-----.ca wrote:

> I have been practising the studies of Klose, Baermann and Rose
> for about twelve years..and as I approached a new Rose study but
> again last night (I must have spent hours upon hours of my life
> trying to learn his studies over the years for conservatory exams)
> I realized I know nothing about who these people actually were and
> how their work entered the clarinet canon. Did Klose come before
> Baermann..or was Baermann the first?
>
> I tried to look them up in a music dictionary that I own but there
> was no mention of all three!
>
> I wonder if anyone knows a good book to read on the subject..plus
> the history of the development of clarinet study books..Or if
> anyone can provide any information on the historical order of
> these people and how they have become such an important part of
> so many of our lives. What would the life of a clarinettist be like
> with Mr. Rose?
>
> Alan Scheer
> scheer@-----.ca
>