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Author: ngsea
Date: 2020-01-09 00:32
I want to get a clarinet quartet together (3 regular plus bass clarinet), and need some help locating good quality music. The internet is loaded with all sorts of cheap or free downloadable arrangements of dubious quality, but it would be nice to avoid having to spend time sorting through too much of that. I'm looking for well written, entertaining published music, arrangements or originals, suitable for advanced players.
Can you recommend any particular pieces or collections, etc.? Composer/Title/Publisher...
Is there a good curated bibliography available somewhere on the internet for clarinet quartet music?
Thanks...
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Author: alanporter
Date: 2020-01-09 00:41
Log on to Music Scores.com. Lots of high quality pieces for clarinet quartets.
Alan
tiaroa@shaw.ca
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Author: ngsea
Date: 2020-01-09 02:40
alanporter wrote:
> Log on to Music Scores.com. Lots of high quality pieces for
> clarinet quartets.
>
> Alan
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Actually, Music-Scores.com is exactly the sort of dubious-quality downloadable music site I was hoping to avoid.
Ideally, could you recommend specific compositions that you have performed successfully with a group in the past?
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2020-01-09 04:01
Sheet Music Plus have a lot of suitable stuff. It would be helpful to know at what level you are playing. These are some of the pieces that my quartet play. They range from fairly simple to more advanced and are mostly sourced from Sheet Music Plus. Some of these are available in arrangements suitable for various levels of difficulty.
The Prayer Humperdinck
Ave Verum Corpus Mozart
When I'm Sixtyfour Lennon/McCartney
Flower Song from Lakme Delibes
Canon Pachelbel
Pavane for a dead Princess Faure
Romanza Haydn
Baby Elephant Walk Mancini
Largo from Xerxes Handel
Bist du bei Mir Bach
Air on the G String Bach
Besame Mucho Velasquez
Danny Boy Trad, arr A. Wagner
Game of Thrones Theme Conway
Tony F.
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Author: rmk54
Date: 2020-01-09 04:13
To actually answer the OP's question:
Elliott Carter Canonic Suite (a very early work - not as thorny as the later stuff)
Waterson Clarinet Quartet
Uhl Divertimento
There is also a great quartet by Arnold Franchetti but not sure if it is published (check WorldCat).
There is also a lot of repertoire for clarinet trio - check out some recordings by the Chicago Clarinet Trio.
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Author: clarin-ed
Date: 2020-01-09 11:35
I would check out Potenza Music–they have a nice mix of contemporary works as well as a few arrangements (disclaimer, I have a quartet published on Potenza, but there are other excellent titles there as well).
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Author: Erez Katz
Date: 2020-01-09 18:17
I would check out Nicolas Baldeyrou's page on Facebook.
He has been posting his arrangements that are excellent, IMHO.
The Midsummer night's dream scherzo, in particular, is brilliant
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