SKU: PR.144406020

UPC: 680160621217. 11 x 14 inches.

Times Like These was commissioned and premiered by clarinetist Jean Kopperud and pianist Stephen Gosling, who also included the work on their Albany Records CD Extreme Measures. The work was also adopted by clarinetist Lisa Oberlander, who performed it at the 2014 ClarinetFest of the International Clarinet Association and recorded it on her debut album, Times Like These. A YouTube video performance by Oberlander is available, with pianist Yien Wang.

SKU: HL.49046046

UPC: 842819101680.

Born in Switzerland, Jean Xavier Lefevre (1763-1829) was a sought-after clarinetist and one of the first clarinet professors at the Paris Conservatory. He is still known today for his Clarinet School (1802), which became a standard work in France and beyond. From this textbook comes the popular Sonata no. 1 with its catchy melody that encourages light playfulness. The piece is graded hereas level 2. Also available: Sonata No. 2 g minor (SE 1039). Lefevre wrote the piece originally for the then common C-Clarinet. For use in the classroom, this edition omits the transposition ofthe clarinet part into the B tuning. The accompanying bass voice of the original was transferred to the piano and supplemented with some suggestions on dynamics and articulation. Hints and tips from publisher Rudolf Mauz (Die frohliche Klarinette) offer students assistance in the preparation of the work. This edition is part of the Schott Student Edition series, which offers a diverse repertoire of lessons, concerts and exams of varying degrees of difficulty (from easy to difficult). To this end Schott continues to publish popular standard works from music history in a modern and clear edition. For many pieces an audio file of the piano accompaniment is available for download.