Composed in 1940 Geoffrey Bush’s Rhapsody For Clarinet And Strings has been transcribed here for Clarinet and Piano and is a great addition to the repertoire of both clarinettists and pianists. While enhancing cooperative skills between musicians it also presents plenty of opportunities for the soloist to show off their talent. Duration ca. 9 minutes.Geoffrey Bush was a British composer organist and scholar of 20th-century English music. His compositions include 5 operas 2 symphonies choral pieces such as his Christmas Cantata and many songs generally in the liederstyle.

'Easy pieces for beginners including music from different styles cultures and times - classical pop jazz and world music. Can be used with stages 1-4 of the Boosey Clarinet Method book 1 or as a repertoire book by any beginner player. The Boosey Woodwind and Brass Method responds to the new and changing demands in teaching designed to help make individual and group teaching easier more integrated and more effective. The Boosey Woodwind and Brass Method provides everything you need for teaching music through the instrument. Its unique approach develops general musical skills through a programme of quality solo and ensemble music with additional activities and an audio CDincluding listening activities. Because the method is based on a clear curriculum it provides an easy to use system for teaching and all the flexible resources you need for every situation whether individual group or mixed instrument teaching. This series provides a complete instrumental curriculum whilst developing technique and musicianship.

These three pieces for Clarinet and Piano are already well known under the title Phantasiestucke Op.73. What is not generally known is that numerous important differences exist between the original manuscript and the first published version (the further model for all later editions). For the first time ever the pieces are being published exactly as they appear in Schumann's manuscript entitled Soireestucke.All points of difference between the manuscript and the first edition are outlined in a full commentary by Richard Platt and the significance of these differences emphasised by Alan Hacker in his Foreword where he comments on the superior strength of theoriginal: 'greater assymetry slightly varied harmony and many other touches all intensify passionate and impulsive instability the main expression of the work.'