Clarinet & piano

SKU: HH.HH561-FSP

Composed by Jean-Xavier Lefèvre. Edited by Nicholas Cox. Full score and parts. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH561-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH561-FSP).

ISBN 9790708185765.

These Sonatas were written as part of Jean-Xavier Lefèvre’s Méthode for the Clarinet. They are great stepping stones to the more difficult clarinet master works by Mozart and Weber and are also invaluable first pieces for those studying period performance on the classical clarinet. They retain Lefèvre’s original notation for clarinet and the bass lines are transposed down a tone so the Sonatas are playable on the B flat clarinet. The right hand of the piano parts have been realised from a single unfigured bass line probably intended for the cello. The piano parts are designed to be stylistic, complementary to the clarinet line, satisfying to play and occasionally challenging.

Clarinet & piano

SKU: HH.HH555-FSP

Composed by Jean-Xavier Lefevre. Edited by Nicholas Cox. Full score and parts. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH555-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH555-FSP).

ISBN 9790708185703.

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre’s Clarinet Method, published at the beginning of the 19th century, contains a number of sonatas that are significant stepping-stones to the more difficult clarinet master works of Mozart and Weber. They are also invaluable first pieces for those studying period performance on the classical clarinet. Lefèvre’s original notation for the instrument has been retained, and the bass lines are transposed down a tone so that the sonatas are playable on the B flat clarinet. The piano accompaniments, whose right-hand parts have been realized from a single, unfigured bass line probably intended for the cello, are stylistic, always complementary to the clarinet line, and satisfying (if occasionally challenging) to play.