Alec Templeton was a blind musician very popular in England and America in the 1930's and 1940's. This nifty little piece shows his skills in composing a jazzy sound using the techniques of J. S. Bach. Benny Goodman recorded the fugue movement in 1938. Playing in a swing style, they played the piece first as written by Templeton, and then repeated with solos. It is worth listening to that performance if you want to get the swing right! It is set for clarinet quartet by John Gibson (clarinet 1,2,3, and bass with an alternate Eb alto in place of clarinet 3). The audio sample has short parts of both movements. With a little practice this could be played by advanced intermediate players. Have fun!

Aria"sulla quarta corda" or ?Air on the G -string" as it morecommonly referred is one of J.S. Bach?s most recognizable melodies offered herefor Clarinet Quartet. This intermediatelevel transcription is suitable for a variety of occasions! Playing Time: 4:20 or 2:10 if bypassing the repeatedsections. Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyXIUXFNtRE ?

JohannSebastian Bach?s Bist du bei mir, geh ich mit Freuden' from - Anna MagdalenaNotebook transcribed for Clarinet Quartet. This is a charming little piece and is a great introduction to works of J.S.Bach. It is fitting for youngerensembles and useful for religious services as well. Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BRm_GmYfr0

Swinging Bach: the greatest music - the biggest fun. A valuable study for counterpoint and fugue. It's so easy and so nice. Enjoy!

Instrumentation: Clarinet 1/2/3 in Bb, Bass Clarinet in Bb

Listen to the recording - a challenge for your ensemble. Please don't forget to review your purchase - you will help other musicians to choose the perfect arrangement for their ensemble. Thank you very much!

Arioso- (from Cantata No. 156) is another one of J.S. Bach?s most recognizablemelodies offered here for Clarinet Quartet. This intermediate level transcription is suitable for a variety ofoccasions! Playing Time: 2:40

Arrangement for clarinet quartet of the overture of Orpheus in the Underworld, composed by J. Offenbach. The work refers to the myth of the poet and musician Orpheus and his wife, Eurydice, the oldest love myth of classical Greece. It was premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes in Paris on October 21, 1858.

Arrangement for clarinet quartet of El Murciélago, composed by Johann Strauss. The original literary source for Die Fledermaus was Das Gefängnis (The Prison), a farce by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix that premiered in Berlin in 1851. On 10 September 1872, a three-act French vaudeville play by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Le Réveillon, loosely based on the Benedix farce, opened at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal. Meilhac and Halévy had provided several successful libretti for Offenbach and Le Réveillon later formed the basis for the 1926 silent film So This Is Paris, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.