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Author: stevew
Date: 2004-10-05 21:15
I know that beauty is in the ear of the beholder, but I'd like some suggestions for books of music with melodies that sound beautiful on the clarinet. They can be simple or complex, solo or duets. I am sorry that I don't have any suggestions, else, I'd be playing them. I particularly like world folk music and would love to know of compilations from around the world, or particular regions, including British Isles, balkan, etc.
Also, i would prefer with piano or chord accompaniament. I also have played duets with my stand mate from high school, since 1972. So, what are your recommendations for the best duets available. We are fairly competent. he was best in the state back then, and continues to play semi-professionally. I just play alone, but we still sound good.
thanks,
Steve Cambridge, MA
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2004-10-05 21:43
There was one book that I had years and years ago that would fit this description. It was called "Let Us Have Music (for clarinet)".
Don't know if it's still around. I suspect it was part of a series (e.g., "Let Us Have Music (for . . . trumpet, flute, oboe, etc.)".
Susan
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Author: buedsma
Date: 2004-10-06 14:02
free pdf sheets of balkan music and others
http://www.bueds.be/webmuziek
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2004-10-06 14:03
Steve -
Your next duet book should definitely by the Rubank Vol. 2 (Advanced) Duets. Way back when I was coming up, vol. 1 was yellow and vol. 2 was orange. Vol. 2 consists entirely of _Great_ music. It has several Mozart violin sonatas, Bach 2-part inventions, and one of the Beethoven clarinet-bassoon duos, all in excellent transcriptions. The parts are well matched, with the lower part sometimes a bit more difficult than the upper, but with lots of good trade-offs, where each person gets to play the melody. (By the way, these duet arrangements date back to Beethoven's time, even though Rubank claims they're by Hymie Voxman. Several years ago, Larry McDonald (the Oberlin clarinet professor) showed me an early 19th century edition. We played through some of on 10-key instruments, and the notes were identical.)
The duets in part 3 of the Klose method are very good. The first part is more difficult than the second part, which is basically accompaniment. They are decent, though not great, music.
Once you are comfortable with the Rubank Vol. 2 duets, go to the excellent ones in Part 3 of the Langenus method, which are on about the same level or slightly more difficult. At the end of the book is a wonderful arrangement of the Beethoven trio for 2 oboes and english horn.
If you try the Rubank Vol. 2 duets and find you're not quite ready, go to part 2 of the Lazarus method, which has lots of duets, each of them designed to introduce a new key or alternate fingering. They are fairly simple but use operatic tunes that are pleasing to play and help develop a singing style. Langenus part 2 has similar material.
When you're ready for the level beyond Klose or Langenus, go to the Lazarus method, part 3. This has three difficult duets with absolutely equal parts. They're very athletic, but lie well under your fingers.
Following these in Lazarus part 3 are three "operatic duets." These are not as difficult as the preceding ones technically, but are better music. Each one is drawn from themes from a particular opera. The second part is often less difficult than the first, or at least more "accompaniment" than solo, although the second part also gets some solo material.
Kuhlau's flute duets are very good music and work well for clarinets if the 1st player is comfortable in the altissimo.
Mozart wrote a set of 12 Duos for two horns, but they work well on any instruments. They're fairly simple technically, but they're MOZART, and so are well worth doing.
See other recommendations in the thread at http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=85603&t=85462.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: claclaws
Date: 2004-10-06 14:56
Thank you for the information.
I recently bought a very simple-looking duet book by J. Pleyel.
6 duets, nice melodies. I hope I don't fumble in the next lesson when I play them with my teacher.
Lucy Lee Jang
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