Author: GBK
Date: 2006-08-10 20:43
I have Weston's book and have used selected parts with some students.
I never was curious enough to go through the entire book specifically to pin down exactly which method book each of the Baermann, Demnitz, Klose, Muller, etc... exercises was originally from. Since those composers only wrote a limited number of clarinet etude books, the original source of the exercises which Weston compiled should not be difficult to track down.
However, my opinion is rather than purchasing a "best of" exercise book like Weston's 50 Classical Studies (in which the first 10 are really on the level of a beginner/first year player), I would instead get both books (1 and 2) of David Hite's Melodious and Progressive Studies.
Hite uses more difficult and far more interesting choices in his compilation. Many of the same composers are represented (Klose, Demnitz, Baermann, etc...) but the exercises are varied, edited well, with clean printing and organized by key signature in each section. Also helpful is the high and low range of each exercise - a nice guide when assigning the individual exercises to students.
Like all of David Hite's books, there is a lot of value for the money...GBK
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