Clarinet and Piano. Composed by Philip Sparke (1951-). Arranged by Philip Sparke...(+)
Clarinet and Piano.
Composed by Philip Sparke
(1951-). Arranged by
Philip Sparke. Anglo
Instrumental series.
Educational Tool. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2004. 40 pages. Anglo
Music Press #AMP 130-401.
Published by Anglo Music
Press
Clarinet and Piano SKU: ST.C143 Composed by Alexander Glazunov. Wind & br...(+)
Clarinet and Piano
SKU: ST.C143
Composed by Alexander
Glazunov. Wind & brass
music. Clifton Edition
#C143. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C143).
ISBN
9790570811434.
Alex
ander Konstantinovich
Glazunov (1865-1936)
trained under Rimsky-
Korsakov and became the
most illustrious Russian
composer and conductor
immediately succeeding
Tchaikovsky. Glazunov’s
close affinity with the
Saint Petersburg
Conservatory, of which
institution he would
later become Director for
more than two decades,
placed him ideally to
assist in the
Institute’s transition
to the Petrograd
Conservatory in the
immediate wake of the
Bolshevik Revolution of
1917. For the last six
years of his life,
Glazunov left the USSR,
feeling hemmed in by
propagandist restrictions
and at the same time out
of kilter with the
Modernist
movement.
He lived
in exile for a time,
touring the USA, before
eventually settling in
Paris, though his stoical
brand of Russian
Romanticism never waned.
Despite being partly
remembered for having
taught Shostakovich,
Glazunov was never known
as a revolutionary
composer, more inclined
to align himself with
19th century ideologies
than with the thrusting
new compositional paths
forged by Prokofiev and
others. Indeed, the
nationalistic movement so
successfully espoused by
Balakirev found a new
energy in Glazunov’s
hands, and he discovered
an opulence of scale
which leaned more in the
direction of
Borodin.
There can
be no doubting
Glazunov’s technical
mastery, which
successfully drew
together contrapuntal,
lyrical and virtuosic
skills, and which were
admired by the likes of
Liszt. Glazunov steered a
steady course at a time
when it was most sorely
needed; one need only
hear the marvellous
Violin Concerto in A
minor to experience the
full power and authority
of his writing, though he
possessed an enviable
touch with more intimate
forms too, such as those
readily to be heard in
these three charming
Miniatures
Op.42, originally
composed for
piano. Clarinet and
Piano Transcribed by
M
ark Tanner Grades
6 & 7 (Trinity Grades
6 & 7
syllabuses) Former
Spartan Press Cat. No.:
SP1360.
(Clarinet/Piano) SKU: HL.48186547 Composed by Gabriel Pierne. Leduc. Clas...(+)
(Clarinet/Piano)
SKU:
HL.48186547
Composed
by Gabriel Pierne. Leduc.
Classical. CD. 5 pages.
Alphonse Leduc #AL8206.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48186547).
UPC: 888680795733.
9.0x12.0x0.077
inches.
Gabriel
Pierne (1863-1937) was a
French composer,
conductor and organist.
Despite being
predominantly remembered
as a conductor, his
Canzonetta remains a
recognised piece in the
Clarinet repertoire.
Pierne studied at the
Paris Conservatoire
before taking up the
position of chief
conductor for the concert
series, Concerts Colonne
in 1910. He remained in
the post until 1933, and
during this time, he
notably conducted the
world premiere of Igor
Stravinsky's The
Firebird. Pierne composed
for a variety of
instruments, Canzonetta
for Clarinet with Piano
accompaniment being one
of four solo works by the
composer. This Pierne
piece for Clarinet
contains many
characteristics typical
of the French style, such
as lyrical melodies, a
significant number of
performance directions,
flourishes of
semiquavers, chromaticism
and many changes in
dynamics. Canzonetta is a
varied piece, essential
to the repertoire of
aspiring
clarinetists..