BASIC REPERTOIRE FOR THE SERIOUS CLARINETIST

The clarinetist is fortunate to have a wealth of repertoire that spans three hundred years. The following list is by no means all inclusive, but it is a starting point for clarinetists to begin to explore the diverse and rewarding works which have been composed for and written about the clarinet.

Books and Texts Unaccompanied Works for Clarinet

Methods, Etudes, and Technical Studies Concertos and Works with Orchestra Orchestral Excerpts

Solos with Piano Accompaniment Chamber Works

I. Books and Texts Brymer, Jack. Clarinet. London: Kahn & Averill, 1990. Drushler, Paul. The Altissimo Register: A Partial Approach. Rochester, N.Y.: Shall-u-mo Publications, 1978. Opperman, Kalmen. Handbook for Making and Adjusting Single Reeds for All Clarinets and Saxophones. London: Chappell, 1966. Opperman, Kalmen. Repertory of the Clarinet. New York: Ricordi, 1960. Pino, David. The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing. New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1980. Ridenour, Thomas. An Educator's Guide to the Clarinet: A Complete Guide to Teaching and Learning the Clarinet. Denton, TX: T. Ridenour, 2000. Ridenour, Thomas. Clarinet Fingerings: A Comprehensive Guide for the Performer and Educator. Denton, TX: T. Ridenour, 2000. Schoen, Theodore. A Comparison of Performance Practice of Selected Clarinet Passages in Orchestral Auditions and Orchestral Performances. DMA diss., Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2004. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11152004-162634/unrestricted/schoentreatise.pdf Stein, Keith. Art of Clarinet Playing. Princeton, NJ: Summy-Birchard, 1958. Wilkins, Wayne. The Index of Clarinet Music. Magnolia, AK: The Music Register, 1975. Top of Page

II. Methods, Etudes, and Technical Studies Baermann, Carl Baermann, Carl Bonade Cavallini Galper Galper Higgins Hite JeanJean JeanJean Kell Klose Klose Kroepsch Langenus Opperman Polatschek, Victor Polatschek, Victor Rose, C. Rose, C. Rose, C. Rubank Sigel, Allen Stark, Robert Stark, Robert Stark, Robert Uhl Voxman Top of Page Complete Celebrated Method for Clarinet, Op. 63 Divisions 3,4 &5 Daily Studies, Op. 63 (Foundation Studies by David Hite, pub. Southern Music) Clarinetist's Compendium: Including Method of Staccato and Art of Adjusting Reeds 30 Caprices for Clarinet Tone, Technique & Staccato Upbeat Scales & Arpeggios Altissimo Studies for Clarinet Melodious and Progressive Studies Book 1 & 2 16 Modern Etudes for Clarinet 18 Etudes for the Clarinet 17 Staccato Studies Complete Celebrated Method for Clarinet Daily Exercises for Clarinet 416 Progressive Daily Studies Complete Method for the Boehm Clarinet in Three Parts: Part 3 Virtuoso Studies and Duos Modern Daily Studies for the Clarinet Books 1-3 Advanced Studies for the Clarinet 12 Etudes for Clarinet 20 Grand Etudes Selected from the Caprices by Rode 32 Etudes 40 Studies (2 vols) Advanced Method for Clarinet vol. 1 & 2 The Twentieth Century Clarinetist Arpeggio Studies Op. 39 Daily Studies (Scales, Arpeggios and Intervals) for the Clarinet Staccato Exercises for Clarinet, Op. 49 48 Studies books 1 & 2 Selected Studies for Clarinet

III. Solos with Piano Accompaniment Arnold Babin Bax Benjamin Berg Bernstein Bozza Brahms Brahms Debussy Debussy Etler Finzi Gaubert Hindemith Honegger Jeanjean Lutoslawski Martinu Messager Milhaud Milhaud Muczynski Penderecki Poulenc Rabaud Reger Reger Reger Rossini Saint-Saens Schumann Vaughn Williams Weber Weber Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano Hillandale Waltzes: Eight Waltz Movements Composed on a Theme by Johann N. Hummel Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Le Tombeau de Ravel: Valse-Caprices for Clarinet and Piano Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Bucolique for Clarinet and Piano Sonata in Eb Major, Op. 120 No 2 Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No 1 Petite pice Premire Rhapsodie Sonata No. 1 for Clarinet and Piano (1952) Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and Piano Fantasie for Clarinet and Piano Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1939) Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano Arabesques for Clarinet and Piano Dance Preludes for Clarinet and Piano Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano Solo de Concours for Clarinet and Piano Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano Time Pieces for Clarinet and Piano Three Miniature for Clarinet and Piano Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Solo de Concours for Clarinet and Piano Sonata in Ab Major Op. 49 no 1 for Clarinet and Piano Sonata in Bb Major, Op.107 for Clarinet and Piano Sonata in F# minor Op. 49 no 2 for Clarinet and Piano Introduction, Theme, and Variations Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 167 Fantasienstcke, Op, 73 Six Studies in English Folksong for Clarinet and Piano Grand Duo Concertante, Op. 48 for Clarinet and Piano Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Piano

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Variations, Op. 33 for Clarinet and Piano

IV. Unaccompanied Works for Clarinet Carter Kupferman Martino Messiaen Osborne Rozsa Sierra Smith Stravinsky Sutermeister Top of Page Gra for Bb Clarinet Alone Moonflowers, Baby! A Set for Clarinet Abyss of the Birds (from the Quartet for the End of Time) Rhapsody for Clarinet Sonatina for Clarinet Solo, Op. 27 Cinco Bocetos for Clarinet Solo (1984) Five Pieces for Clarinet Alone Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo Capriccio for Solo Clarinet in A

V. Concertos and Works with Orchestra Busoni Copland Corigliano Debussy Dello Joio Finzi Franaix Hindemith Mozart Nielsen Piston Seigmeister Spohr Spohr Spohr Spohr Stamitz, J. Concertino, Op. 48 for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Premire Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto for Clarinet in A and Orchestra (1947) Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major, K. 622 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 57 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto for Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op.26 for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto No. 2 in Eb Major, Op.57 for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto No. 3 in F minor for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto No. 4 in E minor for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto in Bb Major for Clarinet and Orchestra

Stamitz, K. Stravinsky Tartini/Jacob Tomasi Weber Weber Weber Top of Page

Concerto No. 3 in Bb Major for Clarinet and Orchestra Ebony Concerto Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Concertino in Eb Major, Op. 26 for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73 for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto No. 2 in Eb Major, Op. 74 for Clarinet and Orchestra

VI. Chamber Works Bartk Beethoven Beethoven Beethoven Beethoven Brahms Brahms Dvorak Messiaen Milhaud Mozart Mozart Mozart Mozart Mozart Mozart Poulenc Schubert Schubert Stravinsky Thuille Weber Top of Page Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano Octet for Winds, Op.103 Quintet in Eb Major for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon, Op. 16 Septet in Eb, Op. 20 Trio in Bb Major for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello Op. 11 Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 for Clarinet and String Quartet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello Serenade in D minor, Op. 44 Quartet for the End of Time Suite, Op.157b for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano Quintet in A Major, K. 581 for Clarinet and String Quartet Quintet in Eb Major, K.452 for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon Serenade No. 11 in E flat Major, K. 375 Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388 Serenade No. 10 in Bb Major, K. 361 (Grand Partita) Trio in Eb Major, K. 498 for Piano, Clarinet, and Viola Sextet for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 for Voice, Clarinet, and Piano Octet in F Major, D. 803 L'Histoire du soldat Sextet in Bb Major for Piano and Winds, Op. 6 Quintet in Bb Major, Op. 34 for Clarinet and Strings

VII. Orchestral Excerpts Bonade, Daniel. Bonade Orchestra Studies for Clarinet. Kenosha, WI: Leblanc Publications, 1947. Drapkin, Michael. Symphonic Repertoire for the Bass Clarinet. Cherry Hill, NJ: Roncorp, 1979. Hadcock, Peter. Orchestral Studies for the Eb Clarinet. Cherry Hill, NJ: Roncorp, 1981. Hadcock, Peter. The Working Clarinetist. Cherry Hill, NJ: Roncorp, 1999. McGinnis, Robert. Orchestral Excerpts From the Symphonic Repertoire for Clarinet, Vol. 1 & 2. New York: International Music Company, 1950. Strauss, Richard. Orchestral Studies from Symphonic Works for Clarinet I, II, and III. New York: International Music Company, 1947. Wagner, Richard. Orchestral Studies from Operas and Concert Works for Clarinet and Bass Clarinet. New York: International Music Company, 1947. (* Indicates both 1 and 2 clarinet parts; # indicates Eb clarinet; + indicates Bass clarinet) Bartk Beethoven Berlioz Borodin Brahms Debussy Franck Gershwin Ginastera Grofe Khachaturian Kodaly Mahler Mendelssohn Milhaud Prokofiev Rachmaninoff Concerto for Orchestra (*+); Miraculous Mandarin (*+) all symphonies Symphonie Fantastique (#) Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor all symphonies, Haydn Variations Afternoon of a Faun; La Mer; Noctures Symphony in d (+) Rhapsody in Blue (+) Variations Concertantes for Orchestra On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite (+ only) Piano Concerto (+ only) Dances of Galanta Symphonies 1(#+), 2 (+), 4 (+), 5, 6 (#+) & 9(#+) Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream (*); Symphonies Nos. 3, 4; Hebrides Overture (*) La Cration du Monde Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 (+); Peter and the Wolf Symphony No. 2(+); Piano Concerto No. 2 Bolero (#); Daphnis et Chloe (*#+); Mother Goose Suite;

Ravel Respighi RimskyKorsakoff Rossini Schubert Schuman, William Shostakovich Sibelius Smetana Strauss, R. Stravinsky Tchaikovsky Top of Page

Rhapsodie Espagnole (*) Pines of Rome Scheherezade; Capriccio Espagnol Overture to Semiramide Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 Symphony No. 3 (+ only) Symphonies Nos. 1, 5 (#), 9, & 10 (#); Violin Concerto (+ only) Symphony No. 1 Overture to the Bartered Bride; Moldau (*) Don Juan; Don Quixote (+); Till Euelenspiegel (#+) Suites from Firebird, Petrouchka (+), Rite of Spring (#+) Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6; Suite No. 4 ("Mozartiana")

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