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Author: fredackerman
Date: 2004-01-27 23:51
Now that I'm really getting back into playing music again, books on the Clarinet and music are very important to me. So far I've read 'The Art of Clarinet Playing' by Keith Stein, 'The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing' by David Pino and 'Tipbook Clarinet' by Hugo Pinksterboer. Looking over the listings at Van Cott, these titles look good...are they? 'Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet', 'Campione on Clarinet' by Carmine Campione, 'Clarinet Acoustics' by O. Lee Gibson, 'Perfect A Reed.....and Beyond' by Ben Armato, 'Jazz Clarinet' by Bill Smith. Any other books I should be reading? Is there a "Top Ten" list on the Clarinet? Help! Thank you,
Fred
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Author: diz
Date: 2004-01-28 00:13
The only stuff I've ever read about the clarinet with any consistency is the articles in Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians ... you might find this dictionary at your local library (if it's big enough). The Grove article is very fine and has a lot of history about the instrument (including design changes and relevant composers).
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-01-28 01:21
Not a top 10 list, but you might consider a few texts on the early history and development of the clarinet:
The Clarinet - F. Geoffrey Rendall
The Clarinet - Oskar Kroll
Clarinet - Jack Brymer
Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past - Pamela Weston
As many clarintists have been influenced by the playing and teaching principles of Daniel Bonade you may find Carol Anne Kycia's text "Daniel Bonade: A Founder of the American Style of Clarinet Playing to be an interesting resource...GBK
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Author: Brandon
Date: 2004-01-28 02:12
Although poorly written, the Kycia Bonade book is an interesting read. There were so many parts of his life that I had no clue about. The author has contacted Bonade's former students and turned what probably amounted to a series of interviews into a book. Great read, especially if you are interested at all in Bonade and his school of playing.
I highly recommed the Campione book too. I am a little biased though, as he is one of my former teachers.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-01-28 02:23
Yes, the Kycia book (which actually was her dissertation) on Bonade is still in desperate need of a good editing as the researched material is invaluable but often repeated and carelessly written.
At this time, despite the flaws, it still is the best comprehensive summary of the life, the teaching, and the playing of Daniel Bonade ...GBK
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2004-01-28 03:14
Hi Fred,
One thing that I found terrfic was Shannon Thompson's dissertation on the Philadelphia School of Clarinet Playing out of U. of Texas. You can probably get this on inter-library loan if you are hooked up with a university in some way. This dissertation is very well written and will take you in a totally different direction!
Lots of Bonade and Portnoy stuff plus many items about equipment. Much about these giant's lives. Many wonderful quotes by Portnoy (a very dry wit which is really enjoyable).
This work is in my Top 10; you have mentioned several others already.
HRL
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Author: Renato
Date: 2004-01-28 13:47
I've read "The Clarinet" by Jack Brymer, from the Yehudi Menuhin musical guides series, and it's a very interesting, insightful, informative book. It goes from the history of the clarinet, its acoustics, to tips on performance and clarinet playing as a profession. Nice photos as well.
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Author: wyatt
Date: 2004-01-28 14:27
check out Anne Bell's clarinet index here on the board.
bob gardner}ÜJ
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2004-01-28 15:31
In addition to "The Clarinet, "Jack Brymer wrote two autobiographies: "From Where I Sit" and "In the Orchestra." Both are fascinating, although they overlap by about 50%. Amazon shows that they are out of print, but they're available through Advanced Book Exchange, http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookSearch by searching on Brymer, Jack.
Another great book, full of "war stories," is Robert Willamann, "The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing." Search ABE on the title.
If you're interested in history and details of keywork and fingerings, a great book is Anthony Baines, "Woodwind Instruments and Their History."
http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon/detpage.asp?sb=s&asin=0486268853&field-keywords=anthony+baines&schMod=books&type=
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2004-01-28 15:49
In addition to many of the above, I like Curt Sachs' "The History of Musical Insstruments". For history, musical performance and technology, consider Al Rice's recent books, "The Baroque Clarinet" and "The Clarinet in the Classical Period", another in prospect, Al? Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Bennett ★2017
Date: 2004-01-28 20:32
The Cambridge Companion, imho, is excellent. Acoustics by Gibson is a sort of hodge-podge of stuff and generally very very specialized. (Try to read it or glance at it before you buy.)
Table of Contents, Indices, sample pages are available on Amazon.
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Author: fredackerman
Date: 2004-01-30 01:36
Once again with the help of this board I'm starting to add to my Clarinet library! I located "From Where I sit" and I also ordered Jack Brymers 'The Clarinet'. I also have 'The Cambridge Companion', Kycias book on Bonade and 'The Clarinet' by Rendall' on order. Two more that I would like are 'The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing' by Willamann and that dissertation by Shannon Thompson, these two are a bit harder to locate...but I will. Thank you all.
Fred
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2004-01-30 15:41
Some of the mentioned books are [obviously] "out of print", and trying to find them in the "used-books" markets may be quite costly. Ken's mention of Willaman [single n, nn might cause search rejection, sorry, Ken] caused me to look in mine, it says $ 5 in the front, as I recall I paid $30 ! Rendall is another prized one. Happily our local library has R's earlier edition and Tulsa's larger library has the later ed., also a copy of Joppig [dbl. reeds]. So, I suggest you library-builders look around, maybe recording who has what, and on the "rare-birds", see what can be found on inter-library loan, obtaining some via your reference-librarian, which informs one about area resources, and suggests acquisitions to them! Several of us have discussed US patent searching and retrieval on "earlyclarinet@yahoogroups.com" recently. Just "research" thots in passing. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Bennett ★2017
Date: 2004-01-30 16:40
To find out-of-print books try isbn.nu This site searches dozens of booksellers simultaneously.
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Author: fredackerman
Date: 2004-01-30 20:24
Ken, this ABE site is terrific, I was able to choose by edition, condition and price. This was the Willaman book. Oh, about the extra 'n', I deal with people in Switzerland and Germany and my last name Ackerman always ends up Ackermann! They assume I can't spell my own name! This ABE has more booksellers listed then Amazon. I found the site for the Dissertation and later today (when I can figure it out), I will order the Thompson piece. Reading about the Clarinet and people in the field just makes the whole experience more complete for me. To quote a line from the opening scene in the movie Animal House, on the statue base in front of "Faber College" [not quite NYU] it read, "Knowledge is Good"....yes it is.
Fred
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