Clarinet quartet

SKU: P2.30057

Composed by Maurice Saylor. Chamber music. Published by Potenza Music (P2.30057).

This suite is drawn from the composer's new score for the vintage 1928 silent comedy of the same name starring Charlie Bowers. The original film score runs 20 minutes and is scored for piccolo, sopranino recorder, 2 soprano recorders, ocarina, oboe, English horn, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, 2 bass clarinets, contrabass clarinet, banjo, slide whistle, saw, glockenspiel, percussion, toy piano, 3 melodicas, accordion, and piano. Here it has been pared down to 11 minutes and rescored for clarinet quartet. Synopsis of the wonderfully weird film: Scotland Yard detective Charley MacNeesha carries his constant companion MacGregor--who is either a hairy insect or a buggy-looking mouse--in a matchbox. The pair travels to New York to solve the case of the Fuzz-Faced Phantom who causes full-grown chickens to hatch from eggs, pots to rain from the ceiling, and pants to dance of their own volition in a surrealist comedy that anticipated Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel's An Andalusian Dog by more than a year.

4 Clarinets

SKU: AP.1-ADV8418

For Clarinet Quartet. Composed by Valentin Hude. Quartet; Solo Small Ensembles; Woodwind - Clarinet Quartet. Advance Music. Jazz. Score and Part(s). Advance Music #01-ADV8418. Published by Advance Music (AP.1-ADV8418).

UPC: 805095084184. English.

Frequently one is in search of a suitable ensemble piece where each member can present himself with a playable solo part. Welcome to New Orleans offers you and your musicians this possibility. Using a fast swing rhythm, the author describes in this composition the modern and the old New Orleans and its colorful history. Due to its compatibility, editions are available for saxophone, clarinet, and brass quartet. This piece enables you to put together your own small New Orleans band, consisting of a clarinet, a trumpet, a tenor saxophone, and a trombone. That's almost like playing music in the good ol times!

Clarinet Ensemble. For 2-4 Clarinets. ABRSM Music Medals. Level: Silver. Collection. Published by ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music)

4 Clarinets

SKU: AP.1-ADV8417

For Clarinet Quartet. Arranged by Frank Reinshagen. Quartet; Solo Small Ensembles; Woodwind - Clarinet Quartet. Advance Music. Folk. Score and Part(s). Advance Music #01-ADV8417. Published by Advance Music (AP.1-ADV8417).

UPC: 805095084177. English. Irish Folksong.

Writing these arrangements, Frank Reinshagen has created little masterpieces, which broaden the rhythmical and harmonic context of the original tunes in an interesting manner without detracting from their archaic and melancholic character. These original tunes have been borrowed from the Irish, Scottish, and Gaelic musical tradition. These through-composed arrangements are rather easy to perform from the rhythmical and technical point of view. Yet, they are quite demanding in respect of the key they are written in, their intonation, and especially their interpretation. Their different instrumentations are fully compatible with each other and, due to their overall structure, they are also suitable to be played with multi-scored parts. The original of The Sons of Liberty is of a more recent date and goes back to the time when the King of England forced the Irish farmers' sons to go to war in America against their own fellow countrymen who were striving for freedom there. The arrangement conveys the impression of a vigorous forward motion created by a recurring and changing riff. Although it is written in a somewhat more difficult key (E minor), it is not too exacting from the technical point of view.