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 Do you have any good clarinet quartet pices to suggest for me?
Author: BassClarinet21 
Date:   2006-10-30 14:13

I'm setting up a clarinet quartet and I need some pieces (grade 4-5)
If you have any suggestions please post!

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 Re: Do you have any good clarinet quartet pices to suggest for me?
Author: Bassie 
Date:   2006-10-30 15:24

Well done!

This great little piece used to be our theme tune... but I'll let you have it anyway ;-D

* Clare Grundman - Caprice for Clarinets

There's loads and loads of stuff out there - and half the fun is attempting arrangements for yourselves!

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 Re: Do you have any good clarinet quartet pices to suggest for me?
Author: Iceland clarinet 
Date:   2006-10-30 16:59

Bach goes to town(prelude and fuge in swing)by Alec Templeton publised by Emerson you can find it on www.JuneEmerson.co.uk

Also there are lot of arrengements of Mozart's Divertimento out there both for 4 Bb clarinets and 3Bb clarinet and a bass.

Have fun

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 Re: Do you have any good clarinet quartet pices to suggest for me?
Author: rgames 
Date:   2006-10-30 18:38

One of my all-time favorite pieces of music, clarinet quartet or otherwise, is Yvonne Deportes' (sp?) French Suite. There are some technically challenging portions but it's worth the effort. A larger-scale work is Waterson's (I think?) Grand Quartet - it has more the feel of a classical string quartet.

For a good compromise between serious music and serious fun I'd recommend Grundman's Bagatelle for four clarinets. Not technically challenging and not musically groundbreaking but I always enjoy playing it. I've found it to be a crowd favorite, too.

Best,

rgames

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 Re: Do you have any good clarinet quartet pices to suggest for me?
Author: BassClarinet21 
Date:   2006-10-30 20:51

thank you all!!
My friend caleb will be happy!

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 Re: Do you have any good clarinet quartet pices to suggest for me?
Author: Neal Raskin 
Date:   2006-10-31 04:11

Try Kulou's (sp?) Allegro con Spirito. I also agree that Caprice for Clarinets is a fun tune. There is also a piece called Canzonetta, i forget the composer.

good luck!

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 Re: Do you have any good clarinet quartet pices to suggest for me?
Author: swkeess 
Date:   2006-10-31 18:12

If you enjoy George Gershwin's music, Art Marshall has written great arrangements for clarinet quartet of Liza, (Oh) Lady Be Good, The Man I Love, and Summertime. My quartet liked playing all of them and they have nice bass clarinet parts.

Susan Keess

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 Re: Do you have any good clarinet quartet pices to suggest for me?
Author: BassClarinet21 
Date:   2006-10-31 20:33

Did they write a grshwin suite?
Did they write and Rhapsody in blue quartets?

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 Re: Do you have any good clarinet quartet pices to suggest for me?
Author: swkeess 
Date:   2006-11-01 10:13

Art Marshall is an arranger who lives in Europe; you can find his music in the U.S. at Sheetmusicplus.com or at the British company mentioned in a previous post: juneemerson.co.uk. The June Emerson website shows an arrangement of Rhapsody In Blue by another arranger, not Marshall. There's tons of quartet music out there - have fun with your search!

Susan Keess

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 Re: Do you have any good clarinet quartet pices to suggest for me?
Author: Bassie 
Date:   2006-11-01 12:58

Another good one I remember: the 'City Scenes' suite by Terence J. Thompson. I seem to recall the final movement 'Hot Potato Boogie' is an absolute cracker.

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