Notes for Clarinetists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers important historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces written for the instrument. Numerous contextual and theoretical insights make it an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student clarinetists. With engaging prose supported by fact-filled analytical charts, the book offers rich biographical information and informative analyses to help clarinetists gain a more complete understanding of Th...

• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Arthur Benjamin, Le Tombeau de Ravel Valse-Caprices for clarinet and piano
• Chapter 2 Alban Berg, Four pieces for clarinet and piano, op. 5
• Chapter 3 Luciano Berio, Sequenza IXa for clarinet solo
• Chapter 4 Leonard Bernstein, Sonata for clarinet and piano
• Chapter 5 Pierre Boulez, Domaines for clarinet alone
• Chapter 6 Johannes Brahms, Sonata for clarinet and piano, op. 120, no. 1
• Chapter 7 Aaron Copland, Concerto for clarinet, string orchest...