Clarinet and piano
SKU: BR.EB-8899
Composed by Adolf Busch.
Edited by Bettina
Beigelbeck. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf.
Sonata; Early modern.
Score. 64 pages. Duration
28'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 8899.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-8899).
ISBN 9790004185261. 9
x 12
inches.
Brahms,
Reger and the
consequences Adolph Busch
had already emigrated to
the United States when he
wrote the A-Major
Clarinet Sonata . Shortly
thereafter he revised the
work once again until it
was completed in its
final form in spring
1941. Busch, a brilliant
and sought-after solo
violinist of the 1920s
and 30s, concertized
regularly in England and
had become friends there
with the clarinetist
Reginald Kells, to whom
he also dedicated the
piece in three movements.
Demanding in its musical
idiom and no doubt
inspired by the
expressive playing of his
friend, the sonata
evidences a strong
proximity to the works of
Brahms and Reger. A long
and demanding piece,
edited with great care -
a valuable addition to
the repertoire for A
clarinet. (Luigi
Magistrelli, The
Clarinet).
